Sometimes I feel like my listening habits are all over the place. Then I realize I really appreciate the way my tastes go (quite literally) from one end of the spectrum to the other. I get in moods where I only want to listen to one genre – lately that’s been electronic/pop/indie/dance or a combination of any of the above. I was introduced to Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and was blown away instantly by one track. I knew I had to have a complete listen to their debut album, The Golden Year.

You Started begins the album, with few easily-identified musical instruments. The music feels almost like the moment in your dreams where you’re slowly falling. If you could pause that moment and be completely coherent, I believe this would be the soundtrack. The lyrics are the stand-out of this track. You have started the beginning of my…