Blacksage - Basement Vows (Friends Records)
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| Blacksage - Basement Vows |
Release Date: Out Now
It always seems strange reviewing
artists when you find out that their home town or country is going through some
strife. I remember reviewing some Ukrainian artists last year during the
troubles and now we have Blacksage, a duo from the US city of Balitmore
currently experiencing violent riots and curfews. It can make music reviewing
seem a little pointless but if nothing else it's important to keep supporting
those who are trying to make something of their lives. Anyway, preachy moment
over. Blacksage's new single 'Basement Vows' is a strangely seductive but
darkly electronic piece of alt-pop that takes elements of Goldfrapp, Ellie
Goulding and some sort of disco Anna Calvi. Synths throb, the beats bounce and
scatter while the vocals of Josephine Olivia dance around the periphery like an
eccentric cousin at a wedding - beautiful but you know you can't approach her
because, well, she's your cousin. Riots and slightly inappropriate analogies
aside, this is a great single from a genuinely surprising and refreshing duo.
All is right with the world again.
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