Producer Danny L Harle is one of the more quietly influential producers in modern pop, a former affiliate of vanguard “hyperpop” consortium PC Music (RIP) who has since moved on to Grammy-nominated work with Caroline Polachek and unambiguously mainstream artists like Dua Lipa and Olly Alexander. (He didn’t change his sound; the sound changed around him.)Cerulean illustrates the icky, weird side of pop pleasure, from the synth tummyaches of “Laa” and “Island (da da da)” to the AI-girlfriend alienation of “Starlight” (featuring PinkPantheress) and “Azimuth” (featuring Caroline Polachek), mixing the catchy hyperactivity of rave with the playful side of experimental electronic music—an album that makesBRAT sound like classic rock.

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