PUBLISHED: Nov 18, 2013
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Elika's latest—Girls, Be Serious—is a trilogy of 7 inch records that will be revealed, one by one, over the next year. The records place intense emotional content into an ocean of complex programmed rhythms a la Grimes and M83, with an emphasis on honey-coated vocals and washes of distant, dreamy synths and guitars. Nowhere is this more evident than on the lead-off single, the instantly hummable "Moving Faster" which features a soaring chorus and a driving, relentless heartbeat. Providing a counterpoint to the first single, is the gorgeous "Bury," which pairs Beach Boys styled layers with a fragile and melancholic lead vocal. Taken together, this first part of Girls, Be Serious is pure, visceral electrogaze vibes done right.