Today’s MSMOTD

Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin’ (from “Fancy Footwork”)

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You know the kind of music that is so unabashedly fun and upbeat that whenever you hear it, you can’t help breaking out into a huge grin?  Chromeo makes just this sort of music.  They’re an electrofunk/synthpop group from Montreal who have waaaay too much fun in the studio.  Chromeo is a duo of synth-wielding, talkbox-using French Literature PHD candidates (ok, just one of them) who meld 80′s pop sensibilities with modern production and incredibly catchy hooks.  Think Daft Punk meets Michael Jackson at a T-Pain show.

I need one of those keyboards...

The previous two MSMOTDs have been pretty melancholy, dark and complex.  I love music like that, but there’s a place for goofy, fun, simple music as well, hence my choice of Chromeo as today’s MSMOTD.  They’ve released 2 albums so far. 2004′s “She’s In Control”, featuring the single Needy Girl (see the video below) and their more recent 2007 album, “Fancy Footwork”, with the MSMOTD.

Bonafied Lovin’ is a bouncy, hip, catchy tune that’s perfect for cruising around on a sunny summer day, windows open, arm out, hand-surfing on the wind (come on, I know some of you guys still do this too).  Their music is very cheesy, but in a wonderful, unpretentious way.  So long as you don’t take your funky synth-pop and slap bass too seriously, you’ll dig this music.

Hope you like it!

- Mons

More music from Chromeo

Chromeo – Needy Girl from Vice Records on Vimeo.

Further info about today’s MSMOTD

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/chromeo

Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromeo

Buy Chromeo’s “Fancy Footwork” on Amazon or get the album as a digital download. You can also download just “Bonafied Lovin’”.

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