Leisure Cruise

If Blade Runner had been directed by Pharrell, the soundtrack would have probably sounded a lot like Leisure Cruise. The duo, a rare pairing of Dave Hodge (Broken Social Scene) and Leah Siegel (Firehorse, the Citizens Band), mostly avoid the predictably ironic approach to the craft of pop ambiance by coating the synths with a generous layer of conviction. The band, whose name is a nod to the seemingly inevitable journey of humans being forced to leave Earth and colonize other planets, instills their self-titled debut with a genuine sense of optimism in the face of global demise.