Lust For Youth – Armida

Posted on the 21 May 2014 by Ifm @ifmdotcom

If you’ve been following Swedish producer Hannes Norrvide’s Lust For Youth project, be prepared for a surprise. On his latest single “Armida” he takes, not just a step, but a leap away from the skeletal, lo-fi patches of industrial-synth Norrvide pleased with on his past two albums. This is pure, classic 80’s synth-pop; with pulsating bass and infectious keyboard hooks that could’ve been lifted of a mid-80’s Pet Shop Boys track. There still lies dark undertones on “Armida”, which should find followers in the thick of a young, bloodthirsty crowd sweating it to Chvrches cover of Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”.