Polo & Pan’s Summer Party Playlist for COOL HUNTING

Upbeat, danceable tunes for your next pool party

In celebration of their new EP Gengis, an upcoming tour and summer in general, French electro-pop duo Polo & Pan (aka Paul Armand-Delille and Alexandre Grynszpan) have created a party mixtape for COOL HUNTING readers. From a Soulwax remix of Charlotte Gainsbourg to Yuksek, Breakbot, and Hubbabubbaklubb, the playlist is meant to get the party started right—which the duo says should look “like the pool …

Black Marble: One Eye Open

New from Brooklyn-based synth-pop outfit Black Marble (aka Chris Stewart) is “One Eye Open,” the lead single from the upcoming LP Bigger Than Life. While remaining true to their ’80s-inflected, post-punk roots, the song is a little more upbeat and bouncy than previous offerings. It’s danceable, but with the gravitas that runs through much Black Marble music.

yeule: Pretty Bones

The dark post-pop tune “Pretty Bones” is the first single from the debut full-length by yeule (aka Nat Ćmiel). The track is layered, gauzy, glitchy and quite ethereal. Its Joy Song-directed video begins with opulent and odd still life images (pearl-encrusted fruit, raw octopus, jewels, flowers and candles) and descends dramatically with Ćmiel destroying everything—punching cakes, crushing sweets—until finally, the screen fills with time-lapse shots …