If you are a fan of pop that manages to mix humour and sophistication, that blends sass and the sort of melodic succinctness that made the three-minute (or in this case, three-and-a-half-minute) pop song so effective in the first place, form a queue here.
Blending the upbeat and the ornate, this is pop shot through with jazzy hip-hop touches and a ’70s day-glo pop aura, with no end of cutting-edge cool pulsing through, and “Vibe Killer” is everything the indie-pop world is missing. Although a new project, Pete Bott, the person behind Messy Eater, is anything but new to the sonic fray, and it shows in the music he is making under this new moniker.
This is pop music with the emphasis on the groove, and after all, what is pop music without it? And if the sound is infectious, upbeat, and optimistic, then the lyrics advocate the same. Who needs those titular types in their life, those people who just bring you down, deflate the mood, suck the oxygen out of the room, kill the vibe? No one, that’s who. And so here we have a song that advocates avoiding such people and their negativity.
It might have a personal message and more specific meaning at its core, at least to its author, but to the listener, it’s a party song, and if this is the soundtrack to such a gathering, it’s a party I want to be invited to. So, can anyone hook me up?