if you are the myspace nerd i was/am, test icicles were one of the most influential bands during the mid 2000z ie the success of, death from above 1979, fake shark real zombie, klaxons and enter shikari

and here we are, half a decade later, dev metal aka lightspeed champion released falling "under the lavender bridge" in 2008 under much acclaim working with artist such as, conor orbest, florence and the machine, tilly and the wall, cursive, emmy the great and the faint, also working with countless other musical virtuosos; final fantasy, arctic monkeys, klaxons, the horrors

he has charmed the world, with his grunge, and humour covering everybody from olivia newton john to green day, from song titles such as "crunk song" and "babies got rabies" and countless others dev hynes is the punk "new wave" revivalist/networking cool kid turned pop classical genius we all wish we knew

january 25 will be the release date of his second full album, backed by domino records, and produced by ben allen ie animal collective's crazy success in merriweather post pavilion