Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours
Label: Modular
Few records brought more joy to us this year than this spectacular new record from Australia’s Cut Copy. The deliriously fun and hooky In Ghost Colours is an electronic record electronica-haters could love, with dancey beats, rousing choruses and shimmering pop melodies worthy of early-80s Britpop. Skimming through reviews of the record, the word “positive” keeps coming up, and there is indeed a consistent cheeriness throughout that never gets cloying. For that you can thank in part the expert production of DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy, who builds on the promise of the band’s previous release while keeping things light and airy. Fun and utterly unpretentious, In Ghost Colours is one of the feel-good records of 2008.
