In "The Pretender," the scarlet-clad Norwegian duo Datarock offer up a Devo-esque anthem (after a "Rio" kick-off) that, lyrically, more or less wants us to know that they are everything to all people -- a believer, an achiever, a boy, a girl, South American, North Korean, etc. But it's "The Pretender" telling us about the shape-shifting. This sorta malleability is one reason it's a good song for remixing. The newest Red single shows up on a new EP with retoolings by Chairlift and CFCF and thr...
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In "The Pretender," the scarlet-clad Norwegian duo Datarock offer up a Devo-esque anthem (after a "Rio" kick-off) that, lyrically, more or less wants us to know that t... more info