Röyksopp: The Drug

Röyksopp makes music that works like a drug in the best way—you listen once and know you’ll need to hear it again soon. Their production is meticulous without being fussy, electronic without sounding cold. Melody A.M. and The Understanding are the kind of albums that reward headphones and an empty afternoon. I’ve spent more time with them than I should probably admit, not because they’re complicated, but because something in the way they’re made just stays with you. The synths, the space between things, the refusal to rush. You keep coming back.