Sometimes a brighter outlook works wonder, even if really digging into optimistic feelings leads to a lot of questions about how warranted they are. Cairophenomenons veer between uneasy indie-pop and more outright upbeat numbers, and “In Ten Years” definitely falls into the latter. The musical details that would have been used to unnerve in the past get turned into sonic sunshine here, like the just-unsteady keyboard melodies lurking under the “many flowers” hook. Yet nothing sinister comes from them, but rather they contribute to the sweetness the band deliver via the lyrics and the guitar melodies, which have a bit of sleep in their eye but are approaching the day in a positive manner. Listen above.
