Andrea Mangia's second album as Populous, Queue for Love, was a hidden gem in the Morr Music catalog. A vast improvment over his debut, the delicate electronics of the album fit perfectly with the Morr music aesthetic, yet without an energy and emotion the label sometimes lacked. Largely ignored at first, Populous gained some notoriety from an appearance of the first track from the album in a JC Penney commercial last year. Three years removed from Queue, Populous returns with an electronic pop album with New York vocalist Short Stories. This could not be more in line with with Morr's movement toward indie and electronic pop over the last couple of years, but thankfully, Andrea's following of the trend does not affect the quality of this album. Drawn in Basic displays a harmony between vocals and electronics most electronic pop albums pretend to have but in fact don't. Populous's heart-wrenching melodies are still there, but their guided by the surprisingy effective vocals and lyrics. I haven't heard an electronic pop collaboration work this well since Apparat and Raz Ohara. Sadly, Andrea has said this may be his last album, but one can only hope a new inspiration provides a reason for another album of similar quality to this and Queue for Love.

Style: Electronic Pop

RIYL: Apparat, The Postal Service

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2008  Apparat  Drawn In Basic  Electronic Pop  Morr Music  Populous  Short Stories  The Postal Service  onecaseman 

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