Cashmere Cat is a 29-year-old Norwegian DJ/producer with sound files in all the right careers – Ariana Grande and, Kanye West, for two; not to mention his work alongside super-producer Benny Blanco. The thing is, Magnus Høiberg’s pop productions often dispense with “pop” altogether. This debut album compiles accessible experiments that have been out already – like last autumn’s Jamie xx-indebted Trust Nobodycorrect, in which Selena Gomez rubs up against breathy R&B man Tory Lanez – with an innovative array of ideas and guests. Chief among these is the title track, in which Danish singer Mø voices the true story of how Høiberg met, and lost, a girl at Coachella, while UK producer Sophie adds his trademark slippery clanking. Wild Love, meanwhile, finds the falsetto of the Weeknd playing out over a deconstructed, virtually beatless fantasia.
