The Fountain of Youth

The Fountain of Youth hooks you immediately. That melody follows you through the day, shows up on the toilet at 6 a.m., probably invades your dreams at night too. Boy Crisis, the New York band, released it last week as the lead single from their debut album Tulipomania. The references are obvious: MGMT, Empire of the Sun, Klaxons, that whole nu-rave thing mixed with 80s and 90s energy. That’s the kind of stuff that had people dancing hard on Berlin floors all summer. Five guys—Tal, Alex, Victor, Lee, and Owen—figured out a formula that works, or at least how to make it feel familiar enough to stick.

They didn’t invent anything here. You can hear where it all comes from. But there’s something about the execution, the way that hook plants itself and won’t leave. It feels like they might have something, or maybe I just want them to. Winter’s coming, dance floors get packed and claustrophobic, and songs like this are exactly what gets spun in those sweaty dark rooms. I’m curious whether they stick around or if this is just the summer’s last gasp.