httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73ZGLKu9Sc
This was hard for me. Agonizing. Just endless, limitless torture to pick someone other than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But after listening to Mosquito about a thousand times... I dunno. It's almost... underwhelming. Those words kill me to type.
But CHVRCHES, hell yeah. There's good reason for them showing up on best-of lists everywhere. And the lead singer... *swoons for a million years*
The one knock against them is that they seem rather lifeless when performing. They kinda just stand there (not like Karen O, who ripped shit up when I saw the YYYs in July). But their songs go so hard! Recover is my song of 2013. I can't get sick of it.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAV_YmtvVm0
I didn't care for Chvrches sound when I first heard Human League do it 30 years ago, either.
The singer is cute, though.
I really like both of these songs. They weren't too far down my list for the year.
Their presence does seem to be a bit lacking, but "Recover" is a A-plus song. Good call.