Every new generation of college kids needs at least one party album to rally behind. For my freshman year, it was M.I.A.’s <i>Kala</i> and Kanye West’s <i>Graduation</i>—for this year’s crop, it will be Sylvan Esso’s <i>What Now</i>. Their electrified, multilayered pop is clever, bright, and fully hitched to dance as a primary activity in a way that feels much like two-dimensional worship. Preaching a lifestyle adjacent to “the power of dance heals all” is a little #LoveWins for my taste, but Sylvan Esso manage to carry their music through these lyrical tropes with a strength of conviction that is truly impressive (and occasionally beguiling). And hey—who am I to shit on such an active joy? KIM SELLING