"Too Fake" - Hockey

"Too Fake" is the opening track on Hockey's new album Mind Chaos. Following their single Learn To Lose, it sets a synthy, catchy precedent for the rest of the record. A New Wave outfit from Portland, Oregon, the band comprises of singer Benjamin Grubin's driving, signature twang, guitarist and bassist Brian White and Jeremy Reynolds (respectively), and drummer Anthony Stassi. "Too Fake" is a jumpy, Lego Technic track (imagine toys animated and playing at Glastonbury) that shares roots with eighties junkette La Roux. Synths and guitar combine to create musical volcanism; reminiscent of the soaring heights reached on Conditions, the debut album from The Temper Trap.

Aside from the comparisons to similar New Wave artists of the moment, Hockey sound most like indie-idol band Los Campesinos!, with clear similarities in the guitar riffs and cheeky basslines. At the core of "Too Fake" is a solid gold pop heart, beating and pulsating and pushing oxygen through Grubin's lungs, like Jason Mraz electricuted.

Genius reccomends; The Strokes; LCD Soundsystem; Los Campesinos; Passion Pit; The Temper Trap