How Sad Will Make You Very Happy [premiere]

We’re totally pining for the up-tempo, Montreal-bred How Sad, and feeling, well, everything but sad about it. This is why we’re incredibly pleased to introduce the threesome’s punked-out summer track, “Hot Blur”. Trust us, you don’t want to go a minute longer without it. It’s beautifully freeing, it’s juvenile, and it knows you better than you know yourself.

The band’s cloudy, tech-pop beats seem to murmur of romance, spirited youth, and rebellious release, all the while alluding to an undying optimism. Not surprisingly, “Hot Blur” checks in with just the right amount of carefree (borderline teenage) nostalgia, taking us back to the good-ole days of hidden faux-lovers, half-cigarettes and escapes. Not to mention, of course, there’s nothing like a 3.5-minute magical slew of insanely relatable, affirmative lyrics to get our day going, and going really well.

With deeply-muffled and raw vocals, reminiscent of The Killers, and with more instrumental-twists than any electro-song, “Hot Blur” has the right kind of tricks up its sleeve to make you wonderfully dazed and dizzy. Simply put, this track is our newest one-stop shop for grabbing the best in airy, electro beats, old-school ‘tudes, and the kind of popsicle-melting dream-pop that’ll have you orbiting in summer-space.