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Back in May 2006, we baptized the emergence of Montreal's energetic party machine Think About ULife with the release of their self-titled debut. Three years later, their sophomore effort is as off-the-hook as ever, but since they dropped their debut they have polished their sound without losing their edge. Three years is a long wait, but multi-instrumentalist Graham Van Pelt has been busy with his other band Polaris prize nominees Miracle Fortress. Upon a base of hearty synths and sweaty drums, these tunes bubble with '80s pop guitar licks and are bedazzled with meta-marshmallows of electronic drones and glitchy samples. The tone is sometimes sly, sometimes frantic, sounding like LCD Soundsystem, Outkast, Blur, TV On the Radio, and Quincy Jones-era Michael Jackson done in the ramshackle, outsider style of Public Enemy's producers the Bomb Squad.