What You Touch, You Don’t Feel

Ladytron “Destroy Everything You Touch” – It’s a very good thing that Ladytron have signed to a major label, because it would be a shame for this song to not get the commercial push that it deserves. The chorus has the sort of casual, insidious catchiness that seems sort of normal at first, and then pummels you into submission upon repeat listenings. I will be very surprised if this song doesn’t become a chart hit in the UK. (Click here to visit the Ladytron website.)

The MFA “The Difference It Makes (Superpitcher Remix)” – You don’t need to tell me that I’m about nine months late getting to this track. For one thing, this is not a race; and more importantly, the song didn’t leave much of an impression on me at first, and just sat around on my harddrive until I accidentally stumbled upon it last night and fell in love with it. The music sounds like a rush of ineffable in-between emotions, sort of like everything that you feel in a day (or a lifetime) concentrated and shot back at you all at once. It’s the tranciest thing that I’ve ever heard from Superpitcher, though I admit that I’m not exactly an expert about his discography. (Click here to buy it from Juno.)