Check this out: Years & Years' sadcore dance pop
Maybe you don’t know who Years & Years are yet, but if the show I saw last night was any indication, you will. Though they’ve cited TLC and Aaliyah as influences, they are — to my ear, at least — the spiritual descendents of Erasure.
Years and Years are a gift to those who love absolutely massive pop hooks
The trio won the BBC’s Sound of 2015 poll (previous winners include Ellie Goulding, Haim, and Sam Smith). That was enough to convince me to see them live at Le Poisson Rouge in New York. Though they only played a short set, Olly Alexander’s falsetto was just as gorgeous live as it is on their EP Y & Y — something of a rarity in the age of autotune. (If Alexander looks familiar, it may be because of his role on the British show Skins).
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Source:: The Verge
