I haven’t slept very well since last Sunday… though not because of anything wrong, or anxiety, or illness (well, mostly, anyway), or having eaten some dodgy, undercooked Slovak cuisine. What’s had me up late since last Sunday is the fact that I cannot get this song out of my head:

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It’s called Fascination and it’s by Alphabeat, and it’s terrifically amazing. It’s got that semi-syncopated chromatic backbeat going on (listen to the hook from Rooney’s Where Did Your Heart Go Missing to figure out what I mean) - the sticky, creeping kind that sticks in the back of your mind to the point where stirring a coffee-cup reminds you of it. It’s a great track and one that will definitely rise higher than the #23 it currently occupies on the Irish singles chart.

Further listening includes their single Boyfriend - they’re basically the new Ting Tings…