More than any other digital phenomenon, streaming has disseminated popular music from its roots. When be a song can be accessed anywhere, why bother visiting a local record store or club? Streaming music exists in a cloud, and clouds dissipate. If modern pop often seems vague and unmoored, it’s entirely fair to blame Spotify for that. The musicians behind Pre-Sexual Activities are from a real place—New York City—and their output squarely places them within their local musical culture. Making sure they’ve got their funk in place, Pre-Sexual Activities producers Andrea Monorchio and Nikolaus Schuhbeck create songs that are motivated and pointed. On “Spotify Your Life,” the musicians lock into an irresistible groove graced by a soulful vocal, decorated with gorgeously stacked harm...