Add to playlist: Gelli Haha’s playful dance-pop and the week’s best new tracks

A delightfully deranged party girl whose bleepy vintage synths, sleazy chug and tireless disco keeps things weird in the right way – plus new music from Jorja Smith and moreFrom Boise, IdahoRecommended if you like Devo, Chai, Remi Wolf Up next Debut album Switcheroo released via Innovative Leisure on 27 JuneThe freshly hatched Gelli Haha is an old-school pop world-builder. The aesthetic world of her few singles so far recalls a kids’ soft-play centre, all bright primary colours and bouncy surfaces. Live, she fires bubble guns into the air, surrounded by caged inflatable sea creatures and red-clad backing dancers dressed as boxers. Her delightfully weird dance-pop draws from a toybox of vintage synths, and sounds as if it could be some rediscovered lost Euro new-wave pop curio, dabbling in Italo, sleazy chug and early electro. Continue reading...

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