

This isn't cult director David Lynch's first foray into music – he's worked on soundtracks to his own films as well as collaborating with producer Danger Mouse and the late Mark Linkous on Dark Night of the Soul. Good Day Today – streamed here for the first time and released on iTunes today – shows Lynch dipping his toe into the pop mainstream. After an explosive opening, the song settles into a minimal electro groove that recalls Crystal Castles, before Lynch's heavily treated vocals continue the sense of emotional detachment. The track finds Lynch in a pleading mood, just wanting to have a pretty good day, which seems fair enough. There's a brilliant bit where his downbeat robot voice sighs "send me an angel, save me" and then intones "so tired" before sudden bursts of gunfire and explosions. While probably not catchy enough to be Christmas No 1 (although, if we can start a Facebook group, who knows?), Good Day Today is a surprisingly immediate and satisfying slice of electro-pop.