This one’s just pure serotonin. Glitch Cat make the kind of Monstercat electro-house that has no interest in being cool and every interest in making you grin like an idiot, and “u-know” is a big dumb hit of exactly that. It rides a vocal chop that bounces around like a superball in a small room, over a bassline that struts like it owns the place. The drop is bright, springy, almost cartoonish, all primary colours and no shame about any of them. There’s a synth lead in the second half that sounds like video-game boss music got a glow-up and a gym membership. I threw it on during the worst possible stretch of a grey Wednesday and caught myself doing that little seated shoulder-dance you do when you think nobody’s watching. That reaction is the only recommendation a track like this actually needs. Monstercat puts out a hundred of these a month and every so often one just sticks to you for no defensible reason. This is one of those, and I’ve stopped trying to justify it.
January
Chrome Daydream
Chrome stars, jelly hearts and holographic colour. A nod to the glossy, optimistic graphics of the early web.