IN REAL LIFE

First LP by superbly-talented Northampton, MA duo, Haley Morgan and Eric?Hnatow, who rewrite the basic DNA of electro-pop for their own nefarious?purposes. They are capable of the sweet gesticulation for which the form is noted,?and they do this with incredible aplomb. Staying away from the cute-ass rhymingnada?that so many of their peers use as stock-in-trade, when they opt for romantic?aktion, they craft tunes that carry the weight of flat-out Buckingham/Knicks?updates in terms of sheer perfection -- multi-part femme-voiced songs of longing?that explode with deep, fully-immersed emotional content, set inside of perfectlybalanced?guitar/key/percussion explorations. Outside of time or style, these?pieces hew to Home Body's own standards of canonical pop-re-imagination.?Even better are Home Body's darker, weirder songs on the second side, like Hunt?It and Ram, which head in oblique directions both lyrically and musically,?creating purely original vistas of possibility. This album fulfills many desires, some?of which you may have never even suspected you harbored. Classic.?TRACKLISTING?01. Calm?02. Hustle Bustle?03. The Wheel?04. Kamikaze?05. Hunt It?06. Jungle?07. Ram?08. Fire