Lightspeed Champion – former Test Icicles guitarist Dev Hynes – follows-up 08’s Falling off the Lavender Bridge with his second full length, Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. Produced and mixed by Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley), this time around Hynes leaves behind the country bent, drawing upon a variety of new sources that range from 60’s baroque pop and Girl Group harmonies to classical music and 70’s guitar rock; from Serge Gainsbourg to musical theatre. The result is a stellar collection of twelve pop songs, two instrumental intermissions and one piano etude as eclectic and wonderful as Hynes’ first album. – Written by JFelton
SIMILAR | Bright Eyes, Emmy the Great, Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, The New Frontiers, Test Icicles