The Itch "It’s The Hope That Kills You" COLOR:STANDARD and when the music budget

and when the music budget was capped delivered a humble piano & vocal ballad covering the Tears for Fears track Mad World with his pal Gary Jules

as well as its follow-up

it becomes clear that the true strength of Habibi lies in just how strange and haunted the songs can get

and the late Adam “MCA” Yauch (1964-2012)

but their newest album

The Itch "It’s The Hope That Kills You" COLOR:STANDARD and when the music budgetLondon alt pop group The Itch release their debut LP via Fiction and I OH YOU. On Its The Hope That Kills You, Simon Tyrie and Georgia Hardy pair dancefloor filling beats with disenchanted pop songwriting to create something that nods to electroclash, indie rock and europop while remaining entirely singular. The Itch are both a product of and the antidote to an age of pessimism. Think Talking Heads, Think prime DFA records. Think absolutely essential.