Electronics, falsetto vocals, and cellos combine in ethereal beats on When Saints Go Machine’s Fail Forever EP. The Danish group borrows from electronica while making pop songs that span horizons. It’s Bon Iver with crunchiness. It’s Royksopp with a more pop-like structure. See the stunningly filmed video for the title track—combing the angles of a city’s wasted places with the aural hope of lights flashing towards something new.
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