Blog: We Listen For You

Electro-pop has the been one the trickiest genres for bands to navigate. It's very exclusive with music bloggers, many of whom are fiercely loyal to pre-2007 bands like The Killers or Phoenix and are quick to accuse new acts of ripping off their elders. If you want to be a new band and do electro-pop, you have two options. You can use a weird vocal approach to help yourself stand out - maybe extreme highs or radio filters (see Passion Pit). The other option is to corrupt your songs with an almost annoying amount of focus [...]