Zebra & Snake - Money In Heaven

For Finnish duo Zebra & Snake, paradise comes imagined in the most opulent of terms; or at least that’s what new single Money In Heaven feels like it’s about. It’s like Blancmange revitalised for a 21^st century audience, channelling the glossiest, rosiest of 80s synth trills. Zebra & Snake display a remarkable knack for a pop hook, and Money In Heaven comes boasting many. It’s gloriously outré in a way only those so evidently in love with the synthesiser could have come up with. And as for Healing Music, the band’s forthcoming debut album – well, we reckon the duo’s smiley pop makes for a fitting remedy to ward off all of life’s little ills.

Money In Heaven is released on the 7^th May.

Zebra and Snake - Burden

Like a head on chemical reaction between the glory days of a-Ha and OMD, Zebra and Snake single Burden basks in the bounce of effervescent 80s synth-pop joy.

In the best tradition of Scandinavian pop, the Finland duo slap a rousing chorus over a twirling, gleaming medley of electronics - it's as if they've been let loose in a keyboard shop, free to test each and every vein of synthesiser.

For a track about being weighed down, Burden feels remarkably light and untethered - as the latter choruses roll in, even more ecstatic with energy, the track feels almost ready to lift off from the ground entirely, to sail away into airy heights.

The band's album Healing Music is set for an April 2012 release.

Burden by Zebra and Snake