OK Dutch Rock Band Suddenly Transform Into Amazing Pop Band

This is Krezip.



They're Dutch, and apparently Felix and Jesper from The Sounds wrote songs on their new album, Plug It In. None of those songs were "Plug It In And Turn Me On" though, which is a perfect pop song in that it starts out like it might be not that great but then by the first chorus you are totally convinced that it is GENIUS.

Krezip - Plug It In And Turn Me On [streaming via MySpace]

It looks like Krezip have been around for a while, but as far as we can tell nothing they've done is half as good as "Plug It In...", so this may be on of those instances where we pretend this is their first album, and all that.

BONUS!

The Plug It In cover looks suspiciously like the cover of one of our favorite electro-punk albums of all time, Mommy and Daddy's Fighting Style Killer Panda:



Spooky.

After Literally Years of Procrastination, We Decide We Like The Sounds

The fact that The Sounds made the uncouth faux-pas of putting a MisShape on the cover of their most recent album Dying to Say This To You put us off the record faster than you could say "distrubing youth trend"--we shelved the album with giving it no more than one reluctant spin on the DNHQ stereo. We know, don't judge a book etc etc, but seriously, it was the girl from the MisShapes. Anyway, fast forward to last week, we're in London and one of our friends plays us the Rex the Dog remix of "Tony the Beat", an extremely catchy dance-pop number that sounds not unlike New Young Pony Club, only less monotonous. It swiftly became the soundtrack to our weekend. Upon returning to DNHQ, we decided to visit that lonely space between Soulwax and Soundtrack of Our Lives in our record collection and give Dying one last chance.

Verdict: it's fucking good. Expect total Sounds fever once the album is released in the UK (Popjustice is already all over it), and we'll definitely be front-row center when they come back to the States--MisShape or no MisShape.

Here's The Sounds' most recent video, for the brilliant "Painted by Numbers". It stars off with a quite breathtaking crotch shot. Check Maja's jean-shorts-and-susperders combo towards the middle... amazing.