t.A.T.u. and the Imminent Return

[credoimprobus]

Well, okay, the Russian version of the album isn't even out yet so it will probably be a while before any of this hits the west, but what's poptimists for if not being ahead of the curve, eh?

Anyway, NEW SONGS! The first one, Beliy Plaschik, apparently surfaced a good half year ago, but wasn't officially released till May:

(nb video not entirely SFW)

(Here also is an audio-only of English version White Robe.)


And here is recently dropped follow-up 220:

I can say I'm stoked about whatever may be coming up, at least!

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Elsewhere, a proper brand spanker: Anna Abreu, as previously featured in Hitz from Finland back here, has literally just dropped the lead for her upcoming second album, and it is FANTASTIC. Kylie-esque electropop, and dear god, I didn't even know pop this polished could be made here! Anna sounds better than ever, too.

Love that chorus!

Comments

Re: (new) Request for Consumer Guide

[koganbot]

What would you recommend by CocoRosie? I've just looked at their Wikipedia entry and, while the phrase "new folk" makes me shiver in nonanticipation, your comparison to t.A.T.u. is intriguing. Also (from Wiki): "When Sierra was 5 years old and Bianca 3, their parents divorced. Sierra and Bianca did not get along very well growing up."

Re: (new) Request for Consumer Guide

[petronia.livejournal.com]

The indie fen consensus opinion on this side of the pond appears to be that the first CocoRosie album is a classic, the second sux, and the third is execrable. I'm not sure why - there's something extra-musical going on with the backlash but to be honest I cannot be arsed to figured out what it is, at all. ^_^; (At a guess, the fact that CocoRosie are ANNOYING HIPSTERS.) I'm with Darnielle and Europe i.e. the first album has an intriguing sonic palette but cannot find a tune with both hands and the lights on, whereas The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn contains akchul songs. They also do a lot of... uh again not sure, white feminist reclamation of Akon hits? (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=m36P8XUkDYY) I'd imagine Bianca's voice to be an acquired taste but she sounds a lot like one of my favorite Japanese singer-songwriters, luckily.

I guess the similarity with t.A.T.u. has something to do with the line where sisterhood shades into perceived (insofar as I know none of these women are actually gay) lesbianism, intersecting with the line between exploitation and empowerment - female-oriented, for lack of a more enlightening way to put it. As in, not fundamentally emotionally focussed on men, with an intensity the threatening/unhinged edge of which would have been labelled "hysteric" in a previous age. It's the teenaged hysteria that makes the first t.A.T.u. album so great, and makes the real/fake lesbianism question completely irrelevant to the listening experience.