Video: Alphabeat - The Spell

Alphabeat have always been a bit of a guilty pleasure and we're not even sure we believe in such nonsense - we've got a Kelly Clarkson song (or two) on our iTunes for fucks sake. There's something about their look, their videos and the exuberant, ridiculously happy nature of their songs that make us want to throw our hands up and scream "we love you but we feel like we shouldn't because it's just not cool and that's what we crave most in life". But, which ever way you cut it, 'Fascination' is [...]

The new single from Swedish popsters Alphabeat, 'The Spell' made its radio debut on Friday, and will be released on October 12th. The band's second album was originally titled This is Still Alphabeat , but has been renamed to match the lead single. The album The Spell will be out October 19th in the UK on Polydor. You can stream the song below. Stream: Alphabeat 'The Spell'

This song could be the best song you hear in 2009. We had heard that our favorite Danish band Alphabeat was going to channel early vocal house from the 90s', but we didn't new they'd sift through the bad and get to the good. It sounds like a laid-back version of Blackbox or Technotronic. The song is so lush with optimism it should have been a summer single. Kudos to them for defying the trends and trying to make good old fun pop. We can't wait for the The Spel l . Posted in Beats, Clip, [...]