Rating: 7/10
For some reason, I knew that this was going to be a good CD. Why? With titles like, "Fold Your Hand Child, You Walk Like an Egyptian" and "My B-Sides Rock Your World," you know that something HAS to be good. Well, I was right.
Named after a small, Hungarian-made scooter, Solex is the project of Amsterdam-based record-shop owner and songwriter Elisabeth Esselink. This being Solex's first album in three years, this album has a lot of varying sounds - with one track seemingly different from others (at times).
Of course, I checked out the funny titles first. "My B Sides Rock Your World" starts off with a modest piano keys and then slowly becomes a bass and drum dominated song. Not drum and bass. Elisabeth's voice is semi-Lali Puna like in this track. There's something sexy about a girl saying "my b sides rock your world."
"Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like An Egyptian" is obviously the next track to check out. Starts off kinda jangly at first, with an annoying fly buzzing about in the background. Then it becomes even more jangly. Purely an instrumental.
However, silly tracks aside, this is an awesome album. "The Boxer", "You're Ugly", "Hot Diggitydog Run Run Run", and "You've Got Me" are some of the stand out tracks on the record. After a few listens, I compare them to ESG because of the low-fi no wave sound that is present.
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