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

[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.