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Oneohtrix Point Never: 'The Pure & The Damned'

OPN's synthesised arpeggiation is a perfect match for Josh and Ben Safdie's acidic thriller 'Good Time' — but is that the Iggy Pop singing the theme?! But the shirt-shy Stooge, who once lambasted techno as "fucking pushing buttons on your drum machines", is magnificent. The 'Pure and the Damned'' video sees Iggy in CGI form watching on as Robert Pattinson's Connie Nikas points a sword at a hyena. Some have speculated whether the puzzling scene (which isn't in the film) portrays the life Connie and brother Nick could have had — "petting the crocodiles", as Iggy puts it — had they not met a trickier fate. Ambiguous as ever, OPN's chords bring a tear to the eye, lending a strange resonance to the track's title refrain as RPatz and the hyena face off.

  • Sam Davies