Bassvictim’s electroclash brings the lopsided, derelict genre to a new audience with all of the mess and less of the sex. Vocalist Maria Manow flips between feeling happy and sad, then fat and skinny, on “Happysad,” while she admits to feeling shit when she wakes up over the crushed-up industrial beats of “Wake Up.” The album’s production scuttles from laptop twee and bloghouse to freewheeling experimentations like “No. 33 piano,” which wobbles through febrile piano loops.
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Shygirl: Swallow! [Because]
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There’s a reason that time-honored rave aphorism “PLUR” has an L: even the staunchest club kids need love, too. London scene veteran Shygirl’s latest album, inspired by a blossoming relationship, relishes in that sweet spot between dancefloor deliverance and dream-pop catharsis, drawing as much on Miss Kittin and Mazzy Star. Reuniting with Club Shy co-producer Karma Kid and bringing in Oklou’s right-hand man Casey MQ, Shy unfurls a clean record that’s sultry and soft in equal measure, like any romance worth its salt.
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