Claude says:Torches caught indie pop at that specific 2011 moment when synths and melancholy could masquerade as radio-friendly—you grabbed it early in 2012 and kept coming back to "Pumped Up Kicks," which does that unsettling thing of wrapping something dark in a genuinely catchy hook. There's a reason that track stuck with you more than the rest; it's the album's sharpest idea, and the one that actually aged better than the softer material around it.