Bigger Than The Whole Wide World

Florida “The Girl on the Escalator” – This is like a “missed connection” classified ad reworked as a twee electro musical production. The song is a duet between a lonely boy who pines for a girl who passes him on an escalator to the London Underground and a hypothetical version of the girl in question. Obviously, the subject matter is quite bittersweet, but this song is a lot more touching than it needs to be, most likely due to its lovely, sad-cute keyboard progression and countermelodies. (Click here to buy it from Boomkat.)

Platnum “Rock Me” – File Under: I Can’t Believe It’s Actually German. The track sounds like a Basement Jaxx approximation of early Janet Jackson or Salt N Pepa, with beats that sound slick in both senses of the word. The vocals are a bit generic, but that’s not a problem when the chorus is about as catchy as smallpox. (Click here to buy it from Sonar Kollektiv.)