HOT PINK DELOREAN THE REVENGE OF SISYPHUS
One of the biggest success stories of the past few years in Boston EDM, the trio Hot Pink Delorean have amassed the type of resume that most young producers and DJs would kill for. Tours throughout Europe and Australia, and support from the likes of Tiesto, Benny Benassi, and Carl Cox, to name just a few, certainly didn’t hurt. The band’s success has come in large part from its ability to maintain a nimble, quickly morphing style of playing and writing that sidesteps from one genre to the next, mostly seamlessly. Its first LP packs all of that territory into 19 tracks, most of which maintain a high energy four--on-the-floor beat surging throughout. “Blew Steal’’ is a glitchy, chopped-up video game soundtrack, while upbeat, soulful tracks like “I Surrender’’ and “All You Ever Need’’ with their insistent disco-house vocal samples call to mind superstar acts like Nero. “Excite Music’’ and “Lead the Way’’ are dirtier club bangers, with angular bass drops and trancey keyboard leads. It’s all decidedly on the poppier, club-packing side of contemporary techno and house, but for an introduction to one of Boston’s most likely to succeed electronic class, it’s a fun trip. (Out now.)
