MS MR - Secondhand Rapture
MS MR come at an unfortunate time: if there is one thing the world does not need, right now, it is boy-girl electronic synth-pop duos with a penchant for theatricality and glitter. It would appear that, given current music's unpredictable stream of trends and the difficulty in gauging what's current and hot, even their style, which is largely contemporary and very recently everywhere, has passed the buck onto post-the xx moodiness and minimalist dub-electronic music. That hasn't discouraged Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow, this particular New York duo. They've picked up all sorts of TV promos with songs used in adverts for Game of Thrones, Greys' Anatomy and Pretty Little Liars, and if there's anything recent times can teach us, it's that adverts will grab you #1s . It might not have happened yet for MS MR (and that name will only grow in annoying me - ooh there's a boy and a girl! clever! I think not.) but it's certainly put them on the map, ...