Just in time for sunny skies Darwin Deez has dropped a self-titled album that displays a refreshingly unique style that will move your feet and put a smile on your face.

If you happen to search Deez on YouTube, you will find he is the prototypical “hipster” that may look like he’s just having a bit of fun with music, but if you dig a little deeper into the album you’ll find a delightful collection that is far more impressive than his goofy videos might lead you to expect.

The upbeat songs, mostly set to electronic beats are a throwback to popular 80s sounds used by Duran Duran, but you might also compare Deez’s sound to that of Cake or maybe even Jon Foreman with a drum machine.

Although Deez may not be up to win any songwriting awards, the ways in which he is able to tell familiar tales of love with a completely unique spin stands out in a big way.

How many other artists write love songs from the perspective of a nuclear fallout shelter?

In “The Bomb Song” Deez pleads, “The sky is green / It’s been that way since they dropped the bomb […] Say you love me now / Maybe you will say you love me now.”

Or in “Bad Day,” Deez sings his mischievous wishes for a romantic rival, hoping for everything from the last page of his 800-page novel going missing to rain falling in the open window of his car, because “every day ought to be a bad day for [him].”

As playful and silly as Deez may be, the part that connects is his ability to play on familiar emotions from brand new angles, and he seems to do it all with a smile on his face and a bounce in his step.

Perhaps this joy is most clearly on display in one of the videos I referenced earlier, which can be viewed here. “Radar Detector” is the album’s first single, and the kind of song, in spite of (or maybe because of) its wacky video, that will not be getting out of your head any time soon.

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