Burn Your Own Church

French dance rock four-piece Black Strobe connects Norwegian death metal, French club anthems, and London super-producer Paul Epworth. Few bands manage to combine guitars and electronics as successfully. The first single, "Shining Bright Star", is a stunning marriage of gut-butting bass guitar, droning synth, and menacing but melodic vocals. The opening track, "Brenn di Ega Kjerke" ("Burn Your Own Church"), is a nod to black metal. The flip side to the band's personality is "Girl Next Door", as downbeat and spooky as a 4 a.m. walk home, and the most surprising moment is a high-octane electronic cover of Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man", which will be the second single. The sum of these parts is a jaw-dropping debut.