Lav's Music Corner

Review by Lav: HOPEUROKAY is a hyperpop duo that I had the pleasure of stumbling upon through Twitter. Last year I got the chance to interview them for Ringtone Magazine and while I left that experience excited for what they were going to do next, even I didn't expect it to come this soon. But there's something else I didn't expect about this record, how emotional it gets.  Despite maintaining the occasionally bubbly demeanor and shimmering synth lines of their debut, You Are Killing Our Relationship  is, perhaps unsurprisingly, a much more dejected and self-reflective listening experience. Songs on the album like thousand x  and fittingly enough insight  work to inform a lot of the feelings and real life situations that inform the sound and themes of the record and they're neither light nor casual. The record gets off to a wonderful start that does a great job of showing how HOPEUROKAY balance their high-energy textural hyperpop style with their newfound emotional w...