Blog: Buzz Bands

Oh Boy Les Mecs — the post-Twilight Sleep adventures of collaborators Tracy Marcellino and Hanford Pittman — sets its sights on altitudes the duo's dark electro-pop never reached. Beat-laden synths and arching (and for Marcellino, stronger) vocals conspire with rich lyrics to give Oh Boy Les Mecs — French slang for "oh boy you guys" or "oh boy oh boy," the band says — a brighter pallor and more experimental feel. Their first song "Helium" is, to pun audaciously, a Bjork of art. And "Dormant Frenzy" takes their dreamy concoctions to more accessible but still conceptual space. [...]