Lifeloose poke fun at glossy city romance on trashy electroclash “07XXXXXXXXX”

“I just wanna get your number in my telephone” is sung sultry and deadpan over a punchy bass beat, with the Motorola ringtone planted throughout “07XXXXXXXXX” like an addictive synth hook. The bigger picture quickly becomes clear, though: “I just wanna get you talking all anglophone.” The stars behind Lifeloose, Aldi Ho and Josie Silverman, satirise and imagine themselves indulging in the debauched tropes of capital city club romance, on a song fit for moving wildly on the dance floor. “We thought that it’d be perfect for this talking phase culture that’s plaguing our generation right now,” Ho says. “Also, it’s funny because we never get hoes.” Striking a balance of satire and earnestness is at the heart of Lifeloose; their peculiarity perhaps teeters on the line between being juvenile and cool. But as their hedonistic music is so perfect for neck-deep inebriation at the function, any critique disappears. This is music to make you move without a second thought. Lifeloose have landed at a time when electro-pop is all the rage once again, but feed on electroclash at the turn of the millennium; think Peaches and the sea of nu rave during bloghouse. It’s weird, vulgar, humorous, raw, a...