The best film scores conjure emotion, whether it be sympathy at a character’s grief or a can-do-no-wrong welling of victory in the gut. The music must be crafted and honed to the accompanying visuals and predictive of its audiences’ feelings toward what they are seeing.
It’s no wonder synth-pop duo OOFJ call Los Angeles home these days, as their latest single, “I Forgive You”, from their upcoming sophomore LP Acute Feast, dials up the cinematics to grandiose heights.
Vocalist Katherine Mills-Reimer comes off as a silver-screen Beth Gibbons (of Portishead), calmly repeating her refrain of “I forgive you / like I’m supposed to” while Jenno Bjørnkjær shifts her ambience from noir-dipped strings to a rave-worthy EDM beat, finally settling on an intoxicating mix of the two. It’s a wily juxtaposition to Mills-Reimer’s deadpan admission of her backhanded good deed.
Acute Feast drops 21 April courtesy of Ring the Alarm. The duo can be caught the following weekend at a trio of Brooklyn dates:
April
25 – Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY
26 – 404, Brooklyn, NY
27 – The Woods, Brooklyn, NY
- Lambrini Girls, SOFT PLAY, Hinds and more to join IDLES at their Bristol Block Party
- Panic Shack return with new single, "Gok Wan"
- Loren Kramar announces Lana Del Rey cover EP, Living Legend
- oreglo experiment with vocals for the first time on new single, "Passion Dance"
- Hak Baker brings his documentary to cinemas across the UK
- Doechii samples Gotye and Kimbra on new track, "Anxiety"
- Car Seat Headrest announce first album in five years, The Scholars
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