Miami Horror, "Trapeze"
Miami Horror are, of course, from Australia (the name gives it away), and like a lot of their countrymen (Cut Copy, Client Liaison, Touch Sensitive, etc.) they're obsessed with 1980's sounds. Their latest EP, The Shapes, is a fantastic homage to early 80's new wave, especially the artists who used Caribbean and tropical influences, like Talking Heads and Kid Creole and the Coconuts. "Trapeze" has been coming up on my MP3 player shuffle a lot the past couple of weeks, and it's a stunner every time. Even though it evokes so many memories of new wave songs I love, it's more richly layered than those songs could ever have afforded, showing off how music technology has evolved in the past 35 years.
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