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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Only eight months after their self-titled record,
kept the iron hot by quickly releasing an eight-song stopgap EP. Short, sweet, and as unapologetically campy as their first,
finds the group continuing its mission to make indie boys and girls dance unabashedly to synthesized beats. It's essentially a "second verse, same as the first" take on the breezy electro-pop ditties of their debut. The tacked-on remix of
from the first album is pretty indicative that this is an album of supplementary songs, rather than a step forward. If there's a change at all here, it's that there's more vocoder on board, the songs are slightly more uptempo, and
's influences are more obvious this time around. Musically and thematically,
doesn't seem too far off from
's
is loosely based on
'
and anyone familiar with singer
' other project
and his subsidiary '80s cover record
won't be surprised by the synth update of
These tunes aren't meant to be taken seriously. They're meant to get hipster feet moving, and the groovy
and
are slick (and ironic) enough to do just that. ~ Jason Lymangrover