LIARS WIXIW [Mute] For what it’s worth, the title of Liars’ latest is pronounced “wish you,” and the band members say the fact that its unique spelling is a palindrome was somehow a source of comfort to them. Never mind—that explanation is about as oblique as the music on this follow-up to 2010’s Sisterworld, 11 songs steeped in synthesizer textures and atmospherics. Liars have previously played with keyboards and electronics, alternating... 

ANDY BELL Non-Stop [Mute] After 25 years as half of the English synth-pop duo Erasure, it’s hard to imagine where singer Andy Bell finds the time for outside projects. And yet here he is with his second solo album, a three-suite affair aimed more at dance clubs than the airwaves. Working with Belgian producer Pascal Gabriel, Bell delivers 10 songs packed with relentless beats and dizzying electronic accompaniment. Deep, pulsing bass twists through... 

GOLDFRAPP Head First [Mute] Eight years into their career, the British synth-pop duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory took a brief detour from the dancefloor for 2008’s acoustic-leaning Seventh Tree, followed by the score for the 2009 John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy. With Head First, they return to the buoyant beats of their highly accessible electronica. “I’m feeling alive again,” Goldfrapp sings on “Alive.” That relentless affirmation...