New Phoenix

The new Phoenix album, Bankrupt, debuts today to mostly positive reviews. The albums has that same electro-synth pop that Matt & Kim or Tegan & Sara or Ra Ra Riot has. I guess that is a theme in recent releases, right?

Says NME: 

When they're not affecting a sardonic sneer or ripping off their own back catalogue, Phoenix fill out and speed up David Bowie's 'China Girl' riff on 'Entertainment', replicate Prince's steam-pump 'Darling Nikki' beats on 'Chloroform' and find a tumbling groove on 'Trying To Be Cool' that's all Jam & Lewis producing Janet Jackson. Phoenix are no '80s copycats, but they occupy a sweet spot where influences and their own flashy banks of synths and treated guitars sound meaty and perfect together.