These L.A. dream-poppers find a porous middle ground between the bird-boned gush of Grizzly Bear and the pushier throb of the National. Lyrics like "Breathing out, hoping to breathe in/I know nothing's wrong but I’m not convinced" give vague anxiety a taut physicality perfect for music strung between tension and release.

“Youth Knows No Pain”

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”