Krazy/Killer Band Name Of The Week: The Naked And Famous

Some band names are so straightforward (Loudness, Cannibal Corpse, Bread...) there's no confusion about their intentions. Then there are those bands whose names are the reason you become curious/interested in the first place. 

Auckland, New Zealand's The Naked And Famous falls in the latter category. They came up with the moniker from a lyric in trip-hop legend Tricky's song 'Tricky Kid'. It has that killer combination of vague/profound/provocative (vaguefoundcative?) potential. I had to know: are they a scandalously volatile new glam rock band? Ironically subtle indie folk combo?...

...I was rewarded by my curiosity with three albums worth of the catchiest, most atmospheric indie-electronic pop out there. 

And on the subject of names, vocalist Alisa Xayalith could also be a benevolent leader of a resource-rich planet in the Alpha Centauri system. 

But less words, more earworms!