New Cuushe: “Twilight”

In a Japan Times’ story about her label Flau, the head of Flau reveals that Cuushe’s last EP was intended to get the artist pegged as “dream pop” rather than “electronic pop.” Mission accomplished I believe – who knows how many times I’ve referred to her songs as “dreamy.” Yet newest cut “Twilight,” in advance of her new album out in September, isn’t quite the simple “dream pop” that Flau wants the world to associate with Cuushe. It certainly is lush and hypnotic and a blur of synths…and Cuushe’s just-out-of-focus singing does bring to mind a dream…yet it’s also more complex than that. The beat in the first half of the song snaps, and later on it quickens into something that would wake most people up instantly. “Twilight” isn’t a song that ends up floating around itself, but one propelled forward by some clear percussion. It isn’t dream pop…it is way more than just that. Listen below.