A.V. Club: 5 new releases we love: Run The Jewels’ cathartic roar, Hinds’ cool polish, and more

Sometimes, a band sounds like they’ve just plugged their instruments directly into the veins of kids dancing alone in their rooms. The Foxies’ particular brand of pop music throws Taylor Swift and New Order into a blender, adds a dash of P!nk, and the results are a giddy and sugary delight. From the fist-in-the-air stomp of “Anti Socialite” to the wasted-youth grooves of “Call Me When Your Phones Dies” (a better “Look What You Made Me Do” than the original) to the surprisingly post-punk throb of “French Boy,” this six-song EP covers all the essential emotions of adolescent angst: anger, frustration, desire, sadness, and—above all—exhilaration. Julia Lauren Bullock’s snarling vocals can move from the Gwen Stefani-like exhortations of “Neon Thoughts” to the smooth earnestness of closer “Deep Sea Diver” without missing a beat, capturing the conflicting personas of anyone still trying to figure themselves out. No one’s reinventing the wheel here; The Foxies are just doing pop music the way it should be done. [Alex McLevy] .

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