Sunny snare-driven lo-fi surf/bubblepunk/doowop frivolity spikily skewering shit days at shit jobs from an Austin outfit deceptively adept at eeking catchy off-kilter tales from playfully monotone harmonies; FFO Violent Femmes + The Goodies
Insistent and magnetic, primal and propulsive, the first two tracks off the MP album are catchy and fierce as hell, driving studies in desire and problematised femininity. This fuzz-soaked chorus soars in a dreampop haze; FFO Hole + Liz Phair.
(Mannequin Pussy are touring here in a couple of weeks, seem worth a squiz from what I have caught of live vids but you may need to rely on tixel if not already sorted)
A striking debut album opening track genuflection, this austere, elegiac tonic for the times by London duo Strange Boy painstakingly assembles fragile synth lines like shards of light streaming into an abandoned chapel. FFO Trinity Boys Choir, early Moz, Xiu Xui.
Some good choons but noticing a distinct lack of my personal AOTY from Allie X, a totally self-produced love letter to the sounds of New Order and Depeche Mode in the 80s with a beautiful coldwave sheen. Her vocals at the end of this track are nothing short of astonishing https://youtu.be/XigWc6mtBBY?si=pEpwRB0xZ7t_Ybf6
oh and I forgot to ask bc ADHD, I'm assuming you're not a metalcore guy but Poppy's album indisputably fucks. New Gaga got me hype, and of all the people you'd expect to drop an iconic electropop anthem, this name wouldn't even be on your radar but, she really did THAT https://youtu.be/CE1xD5dqBcg?si=oP4EXoB2oqeFkdCi
I think it speaks to me as someone with gender dysphoria*/body dysmorphia who (up until I got crazy skinny for my height bc of health issues) had those big jumbo yum yums since I was 13. Happy to hear you know and like it though
*i am ASD, pretty sure she is too, we are much more prone to it
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Sunny snare-driven lo-fi surf/bubblepunk/doowop frivolity spikily skewering shit days at shit jobs from an Austin outfit deceptively adept at eeking catchy off-kilter tales from playfully monotone harmonies; FFO Violent Femmes + The Goodies
https://youtu.be/S650YFB45Ho?si=E959uhcIYsIus3Bl
Insistent and magnetic, primal and propulsive, the first two tracks off the MP album are catchy and fierce as hell, driving studies in desire and problematised femininity. This fuzz-soaked chorus soars in a dreampop haze; FFO Hole + Liz Phair.
A striking debut album opening track genuflection, this austere, elegiac tonic for the times by London duo Strange Boy painstakingly assembles fragile synth lines like shards of light streaming into an abandoned chapel. FFO Trinity Boys Choir, early Moz, Xiu Xui.
Grimy, loping NY he sings/she sings, Lazovick's laconically tender (tenderly laconic?) vocal fry uncannily redolent of Pinky Beecroft in Unsent Letter, angular guitars in hookier mid-90s Sonic Youth terrain, shredding into distorted tatters. FFO Blonde Redhead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Glitchy but approachable
excellent wild hair clip too
That’s off the leash
*i am ASD, pretty sure she is too, we are much more prone to it