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Years & Years, ‘Shine’

- Brian Mansfield

Each release from Years & Years increases the anticipati­on for the British electronic­a trio’s debut album, Communion, out this Friday. Shine, with its luminously danceable synth-pop, is set to build on the success of previous single King. American audiences might finally succumb to frontman Olly Alexander’s irresistib­ly boyish charm as he sings, “It’s you that I’ve been waiting to find” in his best Michael Jackson falsetto.

In September, Years & Years won the BBC Music Sound of 2015 award, taking over from previous winner Sam Smith. Too bad U.S. audiences will have to wait until September for their too-brief North American tour.

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MIKEY GOLDSWORTH­Y, OLLY ALEXANDER AND EMRE TURKMEN BY MIKE MASSARO

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