Larytta - Difficult Fun

(Creaked) CD
A sneaky little affair from this Swiss crew, who’ve collaborated with Victoria’s own Hrdvsion. Larytta take basic laptop pop composition & jiggle it around a bit – think Hot Chip with funny accents & minus the arena-sized bangers. “Ya-Ya-Ya” is a strange but affecting mash of melancholy vocals & lyrics with hi-energy B-More-ish club vibes. “Bauch Amp” is robo-organic one minute & then hooky-as-hell hilarious chorusing. Lyrically, these dudes are tongue in cheeky, with hilarious babbles about “when we make love girl“ & “I am driving a car. I am driving a car.“ (wtf!?) “Wonder Vendor” opens with perplexing phrasing, but once the rhythms kick in, it makes sense & the picture of perfectly imperfect digital pop becomes clear. There’s much here, from Beach Boy-isms (“Love Love Odessey”) to Congotronic jam-outs (“Voodoo Things [Difficult Lee]”) & nimble electro-bangers (“Spoiled Kids”). A nifty find eh?