Featuring the lovely Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne on vocals, “Sunset Spirals” is not necessarily what you’d expect from a duo that lists as their defining moment a DJ night where they fast-forwarded through jazz songs to get to the drum solos. Xploding Plastix, as much as anyone else these days, act as a sort of ambassador to the electronic movement—The Donca Matic Singalongs jumps from subgenre to subgenre, and while none of the tracks are shining examples of any particular style, it all holds together quite well. “Sunset Spirals” serves at the centerpiece (and the first single): all warm, sublime synths and cosmopolitan beats, plus the aforementioned Cracknell for another layer of stylish sweetness.

Other tracks veer off in entirely different directions; opener “Donca Matic” and “Dizzy Blonde” are low-key ambient tracks that vaguely recall Wagon Christ’s less kitschy qualities, while “Geigerteller” and “The Famous Biting Guy” are full-on action-packed thrillers. “Tripwire” and “One Bullet Fits All” venture into darker territory, with the latter injecting some drum’n'bass into the album. But for all the genrehopping, The Donca Matic Singalongs is surprisingly satisfying. You can actually listen to the whole album in one sitting if you like, though it still works better if you split it into two or three-track suites. But if you’ve been out of touch with anything without a guitar in it, and want to know what you’ve missed, this is as good a place as any to start.