Exciting track!!! What does Daft Punk sound like done by an indie pop band? SoftLightes’ “The Robots In My Room Were Playing Arena Rock” sounds like an ode to Discovery and totally is the unexpected twist on the bands debut, Say No To Being Cool – Say Yes To Being Happy.

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SoftLightes – “The Robots In My Room Were Playing Arena Rock” (mp3)

I had a couple complaints about the band’s EP… at moments it was very, very uneven. Say No To Being Cool – Say Yes To Being Happy is uneven too, but the difference is on their full length the SoftLightes have the room to make the unevenness work. The track sequence is smart so you are never left feeling like you’re listening to a compilation of five different bands. Even though… you easily could be listening to five different bands. This is definitely a daring approach to a debut album, and might polarize more conservative listeners. Releasing a more focused album might be a smarter choice, but then again — they’re not committed to one sound. And — they’re so good at everything that they do that in the end it doesn’t really matter. I guess.

I’m babbling.

I don’t know what I expected from Say No To Being Cool – Say Yes To Being Happy. I did think I might be dissapointed, but I was pleasantly surprised. And in love. Ya’ll need to love this before Zach Braff decides to use the SoftLightes in a movie and plays it out. Totally. In stores: February 13, 2007.

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