This magnificent white vinyl pressing with handmade artwork demonstrates how lazy and impersonal downloading can be. Record presentation used to be a work of art too. Happily, it’s not a case of mutton putting on a lamb-suit, although there is a mighty sonic pork sword swinging about as DJ Downfall sculpts four diverse electronic backdrops for a quartet of guest female singers. CherryBomb stokes the guaranteed mayhem of ‘Sex Machine, which starts as a slo-mo electro-romp before undergoing roof-raising tempo changes at her strict instruction. Canadian poet Monica S. Kuebler intones over the hallucinogenic soul-sleaze grind of ‘Black Pants’ before the luminescent riffage of ‘One Of The Girls’ plays host to the risquŽ girlie-talk of Jackie Jackie. Finally, ‘Rediscover Fire’ springs into bright post-punk pop territory with Alice De Ville’s Tom Tom Club-style confiding. Unusual and gripping in every department.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs
