Autoditacker follows the notched, twitching electronica-exotica of Iaora Tahiti with more of the same, only more-so – at least at first glance. As is typical for Mouse On Mars, each song here never rests for more than half-a-minute, as the duo of St. Werner and Toma churn through ideas as though they can’t ever bear to settle. It’s to their credit that everything sounds so easy, so breezy – from the squeezed, insectile electronica of “Sui Shop” to “Twift Shoeblade”’s fuzzed-out toytown anthemics, Autoditacker feels consummate. Midway through things take a turn, though, and songs like “Sehnsud” and “Maggots Hell Wigs” are deeper, more dub-wise and elemental. Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab turns up on “Schnick Schnack Melt Made”, her voice as malleable and mutated as anything else Mouse On Mars touch.

What Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma have over all of their peers is a sense of both play and fantastic attention to tone. They called a song “Tamagnocchi,” which you can imagine a few others doing but I’m not sure anyone else could make electronic music sound like Japanese pasta companions. Does cute seem like a putdown for music? It shouldn’t, as this is really cute. It sounds good when somebody says it on the street, and it should here. This is uplifting, glowing stuff.