Hi-NRG! – “Handsome Daughter” & “Free Roof, On The House”

Winston Hightower, the Columbus lo-fi mainstay and Soul Glo member, earned Album Of The Week honors with this year's 100 Acre Wood. That record's guitar-based lo-fi indie-pop made it a perfect match for K Records. But Hightower contains multitudes, and his new project veers in a completely different direction.Hightower has two new tracks out today under the name Hi-NRG! Both songs, "Handsome Daughter" and "Free Roof, On The House," are electronic pop excursions built on hyperactive rhythms. There's some woozy, pitched-up rapping on the latter song too, which pushes it over the top for me. Imagine an IDM Quasimoto, maybe?It's always fun to hear an artist known for one kind of music throw themselves into another, and it's especially fun here. Check out both tracks below.