PC Music has been incredibly influential to hyperpop—and current pop music more broadly—over the years, having gotten ahead of the futuristic take on aughts-style pop when they launched nearly a decade ago. The A. G. Cook–founded collective is preparing to release a compilation album titled PC Music, Volume 3 that features Cook, Hannah Diamond, Danny L Harle, umru & Laura Les, and more. Today, we get to hear the first track from the project, which is the single "Crush" by London-based French synth-pop and shoegaze group Planet 1999.
"Crush" is a video-game-inspired pop song that soundtracks the excited butterflies one experiences in the presence of a crush. "From the moment I laid eyes on you / You broke a silence I was rushing through," goes the opening line. The playful track features sugary synths and shifting electronic bleeps, mirroring the adrenaline rush of falling for someone.
Listen to "Crush" below, and pre-order PC Music, Volume 3 here.
