Kimbra - Primal Heart

Despite being a stylistically mixed bag, Kimbra's latest album features some of the best art pop you'll hear this year.

YUNOREVIEW: SEPTEMBER 2014

The magical monthly segment where I briefly touch down on a gauntlet of albums I didn't get a chance to review this past month. These are just my short, straightforward, passionate, biased opinions. Saor - Aura Yob - Clearing the Path to Ascend Bones - Skinny King 810 - Memoirs of a Murderer Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lose Dilated Peoples - Directors of Photography J. Mascis - Tied to a Star Ariana Grande - My Everything White Fence - For the Recently Found Innocent Kimbra - Golden Echo

Gotye- "Somebody That I Used To Know" ft. Kimbra

It's a review of the track that seems to be shining a lotta light on Australia's independent music scene right now: Gotye's "Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know." Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy checking out this track as much as I did. Find the review below. What do you think of this track? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next?

Review: Gotye- "Somebody That I Used To Know" ft. Kimbra

Stream: Gotye- "Somebody That I Used To Know" ft. Kimbra

Gotye- "Somebody That I Used To Know" (feat. Kimbra)

Australia's Gotye is spearheaded by singer-songwriter Wouter De Backer. The project's last two albums have proven to be pretty eclectic, incorporating shades of indie pop, soul, trip hop, and more.

The new single to tease toward Gotye's forthcoming album, Making Mirrors, reveals another surprising influence for the project. The instrumentation on "Somebody I Used To Know" reads like an acoustic indie pop tune, but the hook and melody sound close to something Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins would put together back in the day. Fellow Australia resident Kimbra is also featured on this track, providing a voice for the ex-girlfriend Wouter De Backer is singing about. Watching her appear in the video here is pretty thrilling as well, because it's almost like Wouter is afraid to hear her feelings on the situation.

Making Mirrors is due for an August 19th release.