Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet. This week: a few choice picks from the charts at BlogFreshRadio.

The Band: Mates of State
The Buzz: Connecticut lovebirds write sweet, sunny pop songs.
Listen If: You believe in domestic bliss and the power of a solid melody.
Key Track: "Get Better," a heavenly slow-burner full of ambling piano and sawing violins that blossoms into a 70mm hyper-color chorus

The Band: Bodies of Water
The Buzz: Spiritual collective rewrites the hymnal to incorporate prog, freakfolk.
Listen If: You have a soft spot for church music, and you would've liked Polyphonic Spree if they weren't so f@#&in' happy.
Key Track: "Under the Pines" from the group's forthcoming record finds them embracing their '70s rock impulses, opening with pipe organ and winding its way through long, knotty passages.

The Band: Sigur Ros
The Buzz: Eerie Icelandic orch-poppers refine their sensibilities and create brisk, crackling pop.
Listen If: You're attending a pot-luck seance, or you're looking to score a YouTube video where everyone rides bicycles through a series of caves.
Key Track: "Gobbledigook," a dark, breezy number powered by palpitating percussion and lit up with occasional orchestral filigrees. It's the sound of sorcery.

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