Video: Electric Guest - Awake (Official Song 2012)

For every group like Beach House that wants you to sit down and ponder on their record, there is another like Electric Guest that just want you to have fun with theirs. Recently making noise for hooking up with Danger Mouse on their recent album, Mondo , Electric Guest's summertime smooth sounds are like a mix of Broken Bells, Foster the People, and all those other style-mixing pop groups making sugary snacks right now. Is this a bad thing? How could it be? If you are interested in catching them live, they've got a show coming up [...]

Electric Guest arrives on the scene with catchy tunes that have a '60s flare.

When my friend Niki played this track for me the other day I was pleasantly surprised by the soothing sounds that followed. I was even more surprised when I looked a little further into this duo out of LA to find that they had a little help from one of their friends in producing this album. A little friend named Danger Mouse , who is a pretty nice friend to have especially considering the genre of music that Electric Guest are interested in making. For their track "Awake" it's easy to hear Danger Mouse's touch added [...]

Really cool track from L.A.-based Electric Guest. The tune is produced by Danger Mouse and is taken from their debut album Mondo , which dropped yesterday.

L.A.’s Electric Guest make a lot of noise for two people (and producer Danger Mouse ) – a highlight from their debut record Mondo , “Awake,” is intricately and maximally layered, what with that killer bassline, guitar riff, choir vocals, handclaps… But Electric Guest wears their oft-electronic indie pop maximalism very, very well; we dare you to not have “Awake” stuck in your head for days on end. We doubt you’ll be able to let this one fade into background music, but even if you do, that jarring and amazing beat change about four [...]