Chill Wave Invades 2010

For many of us in the blogosphere, myself included, a big part of 2009 in music was the exciting rise of the chill-wave trend. Washed Out, Neon Indian, and Memory Tapes (with Gorilla vs Bear too) propelled the trend in 2009 and Toro y Moi appears poised to take up the mantle in the early stages of 2010. Reminiscent of the undersea rumblings of Washed Out, Toro y Moi still uses tons of fuzzy rhythms, but as is apparent on Low Shoulder, he knows how to create an overt pop hook. When he's not too far underwater, Toro y Moi is injecting some pop energy into chill-wave and it sounds great. Check out his debut LP Causers of This - out soon.

Toro y Moi - Talamak (YSI) (zshare)

Toro y Moi - Low Shoulder (YSI) (zshare)