La Roux Sinks Ever Deeper

noah | January 19, 2009 3:00 am
So as you may have noticed, I’ve been listening to Lily Allen’s Radio One hosting stint this afternoon, and while it’s not as gobsmacking (haha UK slang!) as Damon Albarn’s was last week, I really dug “Quicksand” by La Roux, a spunky 20-year-old from the UK (née Elly Jackson) who, as it happens, is going to serve as Allen’s support act on her upcoming UK tour. “Quicksand” is absolutely monstrous, a sleek blade of synth-pop propelled by La Roux’s pleading falsetto, which shreds the 1’s and 0’s surrounding it to ribbons through the sheer force of its emotional wallop. [YouTube / MySpace]