Bossy Love serve up Prince on a trampoline, Owlle gets creepy, Attaque purveys shoegaze electronica and Purple shouts in your face
Many indie musicians need day jobs these days, it seems: Fran OHanlon of Ajimal is a doctor, Catherine AD is a lecturer and writer. Now Bossy Love provides further proof of the trend. The duo comprises the singer Amandah, said to be a mechanical scientist, and John Baillie Jr, former drummer with Glasgow indie outfit Dananananaykroyd, who is a part-time barbecue restaurateur. Despite juggling occupations, theyre left with heaps of energy if Sweat It Out is anything to go by an infectious pop-funk ditty that has been described as sounding like Prince on a trampoline. It comes from their forthcoming mixtape, Holidates, which the pair say feels like a journey through electronic music from 1981 right up to now and will include a Janet Jackson cover. Sweat It Up is being touted as their first release, although there is an EP, Me + You, on Bandcamp, which is electro-pop but not quite as furiously fizzy. Must be something in the BBQ.
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by Paul Lester via Electronic music | The Guardian
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