accents ... to add foreign intrigue," "little dialogues in English, French and German" and even the Wilhelm scream. Hyperbubble utilizes "their slick melodies as themes instead of verses or choruses, per se, and lets listeners fill in the gaps." The album constituted a change from the band's usual cartoon bubblepunk to more dark and atmospheric moods or "black and white audio noir," though still a continuation of "Hyperbubble's commitment to retro," such as in "Geometry" – "an old school synth track that's very catchy." Peek-a-boo Music Magazine noted that the vocals "in combination with the drums and synthmelodies give ... a Kraftwerk-feeling." The three bonus tracks provided more conventional synthpop. babysue called it "a non-stop fun experience from start to finish. Totally cool upbeat modern pop tunes presented with gutsy imagination and plenty of style." Track listing All songs written by Jess and Jeff DeCuir Personnel Musicians Jess DeCuir – Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Electronic Drum Pads Jeff DeCuir – Backing vocals, Sequencer, Synthesizers, Vocoder Additional personnel Akiko – Sampled voice Aidan Casserly – Vocals Gavin DeCuir – Synthesizer Joachim Gaertner – Spoken vocals Manda Rin – Vocals Beatrice Rougier – Spoken vocals Armand Rougier – Spoken vocals Bryan Stanchak – Spoken vocals Joli Stokes – French Horn Production Producers – Jess and Jeff DeCuir Head Engineer – Jeff DeCuir Engineer for Aidan Casserly vocals, Side 1, Track 3 – Aidan Casserly Engineer for Beatrice Rougier and Armand Rougier vocals, Side 1, Track 3 and Side 2, Track 5 – Armand Rougier Engineer for Joachim Gaertner vocals, Side 2, Track 3 – Joachim Gaertner Engineer for Manda Rin and Akiko vocals, Side 1, Track 5 – Stuart Memo Design – Jeff DeCuir Photography – Joe Wallace References Synth-pop albums by American artists 2011 albums