Ö

"Say you wanna party / Come over to my house," Shanny Wise summons midway through Ö. The party in question promises classic house, dance and electro-pop infused with the undeniable IDGAF swagger of Gen Z, because it's being thrown by Fcukers: NYC's hottest new export and barometer of cool — and like their predecessors LCD Soundsystem, they're here to show you the ropes, kid. In the span of a few short years, the duo of Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis have gone from playing swimming pools and dim sum restaurants in Brooklyn to packing tents at Coachella, Primavera and Glastonbury. They've remixed James Murphy, played private parties for Charli xcx, and will be opening for Harry Styles on tour in Brazil. Zane Lowe and Matt Wilkinson can't stop singing their praises, and your favourite artists like Clairo and Yves Tumor are likely streaming them right now.Industry plants? Nope. Wise and Walker Lewis paid their dues working day jobs and DJing across the Lower East Side. Overhyped? Try again! As they prove on Ö, the hype is surprisingly real.It's rare for debut albums to sound this cohesive while also giving the artists enough space to roam free and experiment. Ö oscillates from electro-pop ("L.U.C.K.Y") to reggae ("TTYGF," which features the record's only guest appearance from Montreal's Skiifall) to dub ("Play Me") seamlessly, utilizing a brand of plug-and-play that shines with youthful exuberance. Songs like "Feel the Real" are reminiscent of '90s trip-hop, while "if you wanna party, come over to my house" is reflective of today's indie sleaze revivalist pop zeitgeist.Fcukers are smart: they play with the sounds of club culture, looking at them through a kaleidoscope, refracting light across decades to create new patterns and symmetries that are at once familiar and new. Wise and Walker Lewis also expertly enlisted both Dylan Brady (100 gecs) and Kenny Beats to help produce their debut. The former has made some of the most innovative, chaotic hyperpop of the 21st century, and while the latter produced Geese's Getting Killed, making Ö all but guaranteed not to sound stagnant.Wise's wily charm on vocals wields a level of ironic detachment mastered by her generation. The lyrics are unadorned and unpretentious, meeting the listener where they're at. On the eponymously named track, she spells out, "L-U-C-K-Y, I'm lucky / Y-O-U are mine, 'cause I'm lucky." It may seem elementary to be so transparent, but the simplicity and repetition prove a hypnotic combination.Combined with Walker Lewis's exacting precision for maintaining pulse and propelling tracks forward, the duo have cracked the code on writing winning hits for the modern dance floor. Altogether, Ö feels like candy: addictive, sweet, glossy; the ultimate sugar rush. While it remains to be seen if there's a crash coming, Fcukers are undeniably the life of the party.