Moth Chairlift

• 1Look Up02:14
• 2Polymorphing04:43
• 3Romeo03:08
• 4Ch-Ching03:47
• 5Crying in Public04:28
• 6Ottawa to Osaka04:55
• 7Moth to the Flame02:57
• 8Show U Off03:32
• 9Unfinished Business04:33
• 10No Such Thing as Illusion06:26
• Total Runtime40:43

Info for Moth

Moth is a fitting title for Chairlift’s third album. The band’s status has measurably risen over the past few years thanks in large part to lead singer Caroline Polachek writing an excellent song on Beyonce’s self-titled album (“No Angel”). And they’ve taken that bump and risen to the occasion but emerged from their chrysalis with strangeness intact. Check out the way lead single “Cha-Ching” zigs when you think it’ll zag, its hip hop-inspired beat allowing Polachek to hopscotch around without regard to expectation. The band themselves seems to address the change on excellent tunes like “Polymorphing,” a slinky, weird bit of bizzaro adult contemporary. Elsewhere, they live up to the high bar set by previous breakthrough single, “I Belong in Your Arms,” with the glowing synthpop of “Romeo,” its muscular pop verses leading into a gorgeous, Berlin-esque chorus. That combination of the production skills to work with one of the top names in the industry, but the smarts to know how to be selective with who they work with, can be heard in a tune like “Moth to the Flame,” which isn’t on its surface that different than the radio pop of an Ellie Goulding or Taylor Swift but is littered with quirks and details. And Moth has some of their best pure songs, in addition to sounds — “Crying in Public” is a sweet electro-ballad that benefits from Polachek’s direct lyrics and unadorned vocals. Moth finds Chairlift grabbing at the pop brass ring but doing so in their own idiosyncratic way.

Caroline Polachek, vocals
Patrick Wimberly, drums

Chairlift
The Brooklyn-based duo Chairlift met in college, and it has been dabbling in dashing electro pop ever since. Such songs as the hectic ADS anthem “Bruises” are wonderful tunes that will definitely stand the test of time with future indie kids still dancing to it under the disco ball. With Something, the band released its second album in 2012. An extensive world tour ensued.

This album contains no booklet.