Rigas
The hardest pocket to pick
Flora & Fauna
Starting off with the Radio Dept.-like "Keep pushing it forward", Rigas and company establish the modus operandi for their second album: to lambaste us with melodic, quirky electro pop. So, not much has changed really, and, depending on whether you are already a fan or not, this is either great or disappointing news. While they never return to the slower, more reflective mood of the opening track, Rigas compensate with dirty beats and catchy synth leads evoking dance floors of the early 90s and the more idiosyncratic compositions of hip-hop artists like Robyn. If 'playfully bizarre' sounds like something you're into, you can't go too far wrong with "The hardest pocket to pick". Not stellar, but definitely not boring.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
