Five-by-Five: Tunes to get the energy up

My main smart playlist has been in some kind of downtempo slow moaning hell this week. Here are some songs that hopefully form some kind of antidote.

Holy Fuck's "Lovely Allen"

"Echo Chamber" by Parts and Labour

The Twilight Sad with "I Became A Prostitute"

"Time To Pretend" by MGMT

Biffy Clyro's "A Whole Child Ago"

Parts and Labor

I love bands that break out of the traditional rock band instrumentation mould. Two piece bands seem to be quite popular now, with most of them going for guitar and drums, bypassing that constant challenge of finding a bass player. Parts and Labor go about it a different way with a three-piece drums-bass-keyboards approach. They still deliver a powerful, propulsive sound.

Here are a couple of songs from their most recent album, 2011's Constant Future.

"Echo Chamber"

"A Thousand Roads"