Formed in 2008, Belgian four-piece Intergalactic Lovers craft a fiercely melodic and vivid brand of alt-pop. Their songs are centred around the evocative vocals of Lara Chedraoui, which can be both bracing and wistful—often at the same time. The reverb-soaked guitars and rhythmic, rippling drums in "Great Evader"—from 2014's Little Heavy Burdens—mark a sound that's dreamy yet brimming with tension. Such contradictions draw emotionally-charged explorations of love and loss into unsettling darkness, but ultimately lighten into smoky-blues with jazzy acoustic guitar in songs like "Fade Away".