VINYL FORMAT. Claps and whistles at the outset of Pop Up immediately indicate the album's playfulness to listeners; unlike the dance-oriented nature of French stars on labels such as Ed Banger and Kitsune, Yelle makes pop music that inspires dancing as a side effect. This shows clearly on "A Cause de Garcons," a single in which Yelle's staggered vocal work takes precedence throughout. Rather than allowing the instrumentals to establish the pace and simply tagging along, here she keeps her own time over a relatively consistent beat, thus dictating the song's tempo through variations in her authoritative cries. Even on "Mal Poli," a tune with a varying beat powered by glitch-heavy electronic twitters and varying mechanical claps, Yelle manages to overcome a backing steeped in influential musical additions to institute her time for the jam using her commanding voice. - bolachasgratis.blogspot.com