Icona Pop’s breakout hit chases a spirit of reckless abandon, but the Swedish electro-poppers have taken care crafting their proper debut album. Charli XCX-boosted banger “I Love It” just officially went double platinum in North America, and the song has recently been covered by Florence Welch and Dev Hynes, Titus Andronicus (via Stereogum), and Robin Thicke (via BBC).
On September 24, the cheerfully dynamic duo will release This Is… Icona Pop via Record Company Ten/Big Beat Records. It’s unclear whether the recently surfaced 2Pac update “Girlfriend” will appear on the album, but you can listen to new single “All Night” below. It’s a shout-along, sleep-when-we’re-dead dance anthem that melds metronomic guitars with a four-on-the-floor thump, all in keeping with singers Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo’s lyrical promise to “make the pop go rock” — or vice versa.
You can buy “All Night” now via iTunes. See the This Is… Icona Pop cover art below, where you can also check out Icona Pop’s dates for their first North American “Iconic Tour,” featuring an “all-girl” bill.
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Icona Pop North American tour dates:
August 2 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Festival
August 3 – Toronto, ON @ The Grove Music Festival
August 4 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
August 12 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel*
August 13 – Nashville, TN @ Exit / In*
August 14 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade*
August 16 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues*
August 17 – Miami, FL @ Grand Central*
August 18 – Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor*
August 20 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues*
August 21 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s*
August 23 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s East*
August 24 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues*
August 27 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory*
August 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre*
August 30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore*?
August 31 – Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival
September 3 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom*
September 4 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom*
September 6 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex*
September 7 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre*
September 8 – St. Louis, MO @ LouFest
September 10 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre*?
September 12 – Chicago, IL @ Metro*?
September 14 – Detroit, MI @ Laneway Festival
September 15 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues*?
September 19 – Boston, MA @ Paradise*
September 20 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall*
September 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts*
?September 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
*w/ K.Flay & Sirah
