Hasbeens, The - Make The World Go Away

"Make the world go away/and take this pain off my shoulders".
This is the 'suicide is painless' dancefloor anthem from a generation too old to believe in the frenetic 'uber energetic' compressed and plugged-in dance sound of now.
In other words, at the time of its release (2006) this record did mostly appeal to a cultured, musically referenced, mostly 30-something audience, while younger kids could diss it as 'too soft'.
But the energy, a quite vicious, disenchanted, venomous one, is actually there, spreading all through this unique song like a lethargic, feelgood poison.
This ironic and desperate hymn could be described like a cross between ELO or Alan Parsons Project's dreamy disco attempts (those heroin keyboards! these vocoders!), dark new-wave/synth atmosphere and a clearly techno/house production background and sound.
One to use very carefully, but to great dramatic effect.