DYLYN – Sauvignon and a Kimono
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| DYLYN - Sauvignon and a Kimono |
Release Date: 23rd February 2018
I’ve been waiting for this for a
while now. Not specifically this release by DYLYN, you understand, but an edgy
pop star full of attitude and ready to party without any of the major label
sheen or cleanliness that makes everything so dull these days. From the opening
guitar stabs of ‘American Nightmare’ and the first line of “Jack, Coke, wanna
go smoke, all that I know, I’d rather be broke than bored” you know this track
and those that follow mean business, whether you like it or not. ‘Secret’ starts
a little more delicately with a dreamy guitar line but the attitude is still
there and the borrowed glamour of a house party in Beverly Hills that’s only
ruined when the owners of said house
get home and find you naked in their
infinity pool.
There’s a fantastically bratty
brassiness to ‘Mimosa’ that could give Angie a run for her money in some sort
of international pop off. “I’d rather swim in my Mimosa” is the chorus which
says it all and way better than the English translation (“I’d rather swim in my
Bucks Fizz” is less of statement of defiance and more a comment on how poor
Christmas is). On ‘Flicker’ there’s more of a straight-up pop vibe which will
work well on radio and selling this for sync opportunities but that’s not
really what DYLYN is about. Title track ‘Sauvignon and a Kimono’ pulses and
pops like LadyHawke or Christine & The Queens while the vocals luxuriate in
the decadence that comes with getting up in the PM and starting the day with
whatever is left from finishing off the night before.
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The synth throb and processed beats that opens ‘Wolf’ is
straight out of the 80s but DYLYN’s vocal is so powerful and direct that it’s as
though it was written as an anthem for a new empowered and tired-of-waiting
women. The EP closes out with ‘Sober’ and those 80s vibes are back with the
kind of synth vs jangly guitars battle that St Elmo’s Fire had in spades. “You
only call me when you’re sober, you’re not afraid to take me home, introduce me
to your mother but I’d rather be hungover”, sings our anti-hero with brutal
honesty and a sense of effortless cool. The thing is, this isn’t just a brainless
party girl, DYLYN has crafted a sophisticated and slick EP here but there’s a
spirit of defiance behind it that the world needs right now. Who wants to be
weighed down by the general malaise in the world and 24 hour fake news when you
can party all night, sleep all day and wake up with a different drink in your
hand every day?
More information: https://www.facebook.com/callmeDYLYN/
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