The Shape of Brat Pop to Come

by Holychild

Overview

Borrowing from the title of free jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman's maverick 1959 classic The Shape of Jazz to Come, Los Angeles-based Holychild's full-length debut, 2015's The Shape of Brat Pop to Come, is an equally maverick, if considerably less jazz-oriented comment on the state of music in the 21st century. Centered around the duo of vocalist Liz Nistico and multi-instrumentalist Louie Diller, Holychild make bombastic, often campy electronic pop. Combining the punk-informed energy of similarly inclined duos like Sleigh Bells and Ting Tings with the snotty, hip-hop-informed, electro-clash posturing of Ke$ha, Holychild hit the sweet spot where mainstream hooks and wry, left-field humor intersect. Along with memorable hooks, Holychild also have eclectic musical tastes, drawing from such disparate if amenable genres as dancehall, old-school R&B, EDM, '90s soul, and '80s new wave. To these ends, cuts like the lead-off "Barbie Nation" and the winking "Nasty Girls" are addictive pop pills coated in sugary irony that work in a duplicitous fashion as both frothy commercial product and dark, literate commentary. On "Barbie Nation," Diller coos "life" lessons to her future daughter set against gigantic synth "bwaws." She sings, "I know you and me can make it far/'Cuz the Brat from Barbie Nation, we know pure elation." Of course, all of this snarky witticism wouldn't be as palatable were it not for the duo's knack for crafting engaging songs. Ultimately, cuts like rhythmically militaristic "Running Behind" and the equally percussive "Plastered Smile," as with most all of The Shape of Brat Pop to Come, prove to be infectious numbers that marry hummable Jackson 5 hooks with the rhyming energy of schoolyard jump rope songs. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	06/02/2015
Label:	Glassnote Entertainment Group
UPC:	0810599020675
Rank:	90840

Tracks

1. Barbie Nation
2. Nasty Girls
3. Happy With Me
4. Tell Me How It Is
5. Running Behind
6. Money All Around
7. Monumental Glow
8. Plastered Smile
9. Best Friends
10. Diamonds on the Rebound
11. Regret You
12. U Make Me Sick

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Holychild   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Greg Wells   Producer
Matt Schwartz   Composer,Composer
Anu Pillai   Composer
P Nut   Additional Production
Iyiola Babalola   Composer
Louie Diller   Composer
Ian MacGregor   Engineer
Justin Long   Editing,Second Engineer
Cian Riordan   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Darren Emilio Lewis   Composer
DJ Kyriakides   Mixing,Engineer
Michael Harris   Assistant Engineer
Elizabeth Lynn Nistico   Composer
Holychild   Producer
Raphael Peterson   Composer
Elizabeth Nistico   Composer
John Alexander Harrison   Composer