La Roux “I’m Not Your Toy”
“I’m Not Your Toy”, the latest leakage from the La Roux camp, continues their promise of a killer debut album as yet another hooky morsel of digi-new wave.
Supported by itchy drum patterns and a whimsical, steel drum-like synth sparkle on the hook, the carnival-esque “Toy” doesn’t take too long to get stuck in your brain, but there’s more to it than it’s sugary musical tricks. It’s sharp-fanged lyric centers on a boyfriend who’s cruelly playing with her heart (“It’s all false love and affection/ You don’t want me, you just want the attention”), and while the ever-blurried-sounding lead singer Elly Jackson can’t help but dream of there being something behind his mystifying touches that hints to some sort of romantic breakthrough, she just as well can’t deny the soul-crushing reality that this is a dead-end union she needs to escape from, noting wistfully: “I wish I could believe in you”.
We would note it as our favorite La Roux joint ever, but we get the feeling that their highly anticipated June-due self-titled LP (pre-order it here) will have a boatload of other 80′s-dipped favorites to share that honor with.
DL: “I’m Not Your Toy” (alt)
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