Cut Copy

Australia’s Cut Copy were recently handpicked as the opening act for Franz Ferdinand’s arena tour and it’s easy to see why. Taken from their debut album, Bright Like Neon Love, "Future” is a sublime nugget of dance floor-friendly synth-pop free of irony and cheese. Like a cooler Heaven 17, Cut Copy slick up their retro-futuristic sound with such poise that the constant rollercoaster twists throughout the song are as smooth as silk.