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Ælita
Electronic · 2014 · 10 tracks · 54m

Ælita

Mando Diao

A radical pivot into 80s-inspired synth-pop. Shimmering Soviet synthesizers and pulsing drum machines replace the band's signature garage rock stomp.

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It's like they traded their leather jackets for neon spandex and it actually works.

A high-gloss, nocturnal celebration of synthetic textures and melodic yearning.

Ælita · vs · Mando Diao
Keys/Synth+3.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds keys/synth far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 54m
01
Black Saturday
3:21
02
Rooftop
4:56
03
Money Doesn’t Make You a Man
5:06
04
Sweet Wet Dreams
4:41
05
If I Don’t Have You
7:45
06
Baby
6:44
07
Lonely Driver
4:27
08
Child
6:51
09
Romeo
4:13
10
Make You Mine
6:14
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive synth hook of Black Saturday that immediately signals the band's total departure from guitar rock.
The sprawling, seven-minute psychedelic electronic drift of If I Don't Have You that feels like a slow-motion sunrise.
The way the percussion hits with a gated-reverb snap during the chorus of Rooftop, channeling pure 1984 energy.
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