Niki & The Dove
Instinct
From The Guardian:
Though hip-hop has been on to her for years, it is perhaps one of the more surprising twists of recent electro-pop that Enya's ethereal synths have become the sound to aspire to. The debut album from Swedish duo Niki & the Dove follows Grimes in piling on the atmospheric layers, though its references to cats, witches and magic are less evocative of Grimes' eight-day speed bender than they are of a trip to Stonehenge at summer solstice. For all of its wafty strangeness, Instinct is mostly grounded in a straightforward pop sensibility, borrowing postures from Fleetwood Mac (In Our Eyes), Prince (Somebody) and Hazell Dean (Winterheart). But it's when they embrace a genuinely eccentric sound that they hit on something truly special. The Fox is mesmerising as it jerks and lolls around a sinister riff, while Mother Protect builds ominously to dancefloor-worthy breakdown, before soaring off into its chorus: "You can't keep me down, I am done, I am furious." More fury and less moderation and this would have been outstanding; as it is, it's just very good.
Tracklist
1. Tomorrow
2. The Drummer
3. In Our Eyes
4. The Gentle Roar
5. Mother Protect
6. Last Night
7. Somebody
8. Love To The Test
9. DJ, Ease My Mind
10. Winterheart
11. The Fox
12. Under The Bridges