Label: 4AD
Release date: 10.03.2012
A stark new development in the Grimes sound, 'Visions' is a glacial, pristine set with Claire Boucher's near-falsetto vocal floating spectrally over glistening synths and brittle rhythms that nod to the golden age of UK synth-pop and dance music. Influenced by Enya, TLC and Aphex Twin, among others, Grimes is at the vanguard of a growing new breed of alien pop that's hacking at the boundaries between the mainstream and leftfield electronica...