Marcel Winatschek

Chairlift: I Belong In Your Arms

The synths move with this patient warmth, and Polachek’s voice doesn’t strain to convince you of anything, but somehow you’re convinced anyway. Chairlift always had this way of making electronic pop feel close—like the space between the speakers and you was actually no distance at all. I come back to these because they don’t perform. They just exist a certain way, and if you’re looking for that thing they’re offering, you find it.