Best Songs of the Week

Jam City's "Crisis" is a creeper. It takes a few listens for the artist's total change of direction to sink in (previously, he was making records like this), and another few for the gorgeous golden melodies to untangle themselves from the layers of fuzz and haze. But when everything finally does connect, the result is a gloriously rich and inviting song, hopeful but nostalgic, and a reflection of Jam City's deep well of creativity.—Constant Gardner