“Apartment” by Young the Giant

"Apartment" sits on Young the Giant's self-titled debut from 2010, and the American band, who wrote it together, spent much of 2011 playing it on television: Jimmy Kimmel Live! in January, Later... with Jools Holland in May, and their MTV Unplugged set, which began streaming that November. Roadrunner finally sent it out as a single in February 2012, and it climbed to 26 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.

Critics warmed to it. Consequence of Sound's Caitlin Meyer heard a track that seems ordinary at first and then swells into a showcase for Gadhia's range, while musicOMH's Chris White found it instantly infectious, American alt-rock to the bone. Two videos were shot, one a semi-live performance clip that surfaced early in 2011, and Captain Cuts remixed it that same year.

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