Icona Pop: Manners

Icona Pop makes pop music that doesn’t perform. Manners is two minutes of efficient melody—bright synths, a solid hook, nothing grasping for your attention. There’s a deadpan quality to it, a refusal to blow things up or manufacture drama. The production does its job. The melody stays in place. It is what it is. There’s something cool about a song that knows its limits and doesn’t pretend otherwise.