Unboring has a much deeper connotation than just using it as a snarky neologism to imply amusement or interest. No, “unboring” as a statement implies that one was already bored with something, only has since been switched to no longer being bored with that same something.

In my case, a former raver who became bored with electronic music’s pretentiousness and lack of daring for years, I am thrilled to see a re-emergence of uncompromising, challenging, and bold dancefloor acts injecting themselves into our bloodstreams with a fierce, jolting thrill. I am, thusly, becoming unbored. And Shy Child are contributing to my unboredom, with their facemelting, sweatpouring Astronaut track.

Their new wavey, disco-punk synthetic barrage of undualting sounds twiddles like a kick in the shins at hyperspace, screeching across a field of cymbal crashes. From Nate Smith’s forceful, inciting, shamelessly punishing drumwork, to Pete Cafarella wildly gushing out notes from his keytar like he has A.D.D., this track demands your sweat, and will not be satiated until it gets it. It would no doubt be less effective if it weren’t for its pristine production value. No bedroom-recorded ploop-ploops here. Astronaut was meant to mercilessly lash you into a dance frenzy, and it pulls no punches in doing that, sounding as uncompromising as a space station crashing on your head.

And that, my friends, is unboring.

MP3: Shy Child - Astronaut

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