Black Kids: Partie Traumatic 0
Posted on
July 21, 2008 by
jeremyazevedo
Over-hyped and under-delivered
By Jeremy Azevedo
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Look, I’m just as guilty as anyone when it comes to accepting responsibility for encouraging the whole 80s synth revival thing. I’ve been telling anyone who will listen to check out local LA keytar heroes like Totally Radd!!, Rocket, Bedtime For Toys, This Blush, etc. for months, years even. |
I haven’t been able to get enough of the stuff. You can dance to it, it always sounds epic due to the whole nostalgia thing, and it beats the hell out of nu-metal, that’s for goddamn sure. But a line has to be drawn, a line that differentiates real musicians ironically employing old pop conventions in fun new ways from the shameless cash-ins that clearly don’t know the difference between synth pop and disco. I draw that line right here, with the Black Kids debut album “Partie Traumatic”.
Detective: Can you please point out the ones that sucked, miss?
Victim: Yes officer, yes I can… It was… (sobs)… it was all of them!
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