Pop 2 (violet vinyl) - Charli XCX

It?s Pop 2?s production, more than anything, that places it on the vanguard of a complete stylistic breakthrough, thanks largely to PC Music?s A.G. Cook, whose credit appears on every song. I was skeptical of the label?s high-concept art school antics when they first emerged; but the further they?ve gotten from the Web 1.0 shtick, the more vital the collective?s impeccable, poignant pop futurism has become. And though Pop 2 sounds like the future, even more delightful is the way it hybridizes sounds from the past two decades of weirdo electronics: the synthetic maximalism of Rustie and HudMo, heartfelt late ?90s Eurodance a la Aqua or DJ Sammy, Crystal Castles? goth electro-scuzz, J-pop super-producer Yasutaka Nakata?s wistful Shibuya-kei, Cher?s ?Believe,? and of course, Britney, from Blackout to Britney Jean. And though it?s by now common practice for pop stars to flirt with hip-hop production, the results often reveal a cynically low level of engagement with the genre?tacking on ?Metro Boomin-Type Beat,? some 808s, and calling it a day. Here, Charli and A.G. Cook know exactly what they?re going for: the ?Versace?-style repetition on alien posse cut ?I Got It?; the pristine, sultry chords, reminiscent of Late Nights With Jeremih on ?Out of My Head?; the slurry, decayed cadences on ?Delicious,? calling to mind Travis Scott or Swae Lee.

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