VIRTUAL DIGS: GYMNOPEDIA

Gymnopedia is the third and final album of dark, synth-driven New Wave from Tokyo’s Lizard. Even though everything is bathed in gothic reverb, quite a few songs are actually upbeat pop, including the jerky B-52s-styled “Dance.” You can almost picture a gaggle of 1950s teens on the beach twisting away to “The Poppies,” though they