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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 /TiVo
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HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Matt Schwartz, Composer - HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - BMG PLATINUM SONGS OBO SCHWARTZ MUSIC LIMITED, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Elizabeth Lynn Nistico, Composer - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - BMG Gold Songs, MusicPublisher - HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - Raphael Peterson, Composer - Pillai Anuroop, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - BMG GOLD SONGS OBO PRIMARY WAVE ANTHEMS, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Iyiola Babatunde Babalola, Composer - Darren Emilio Lewis, Composer - HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO FUTURE CUT SONGS LIMITED, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Elizabeth Lynn Nistico, Composer - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - John Alexander Harrison, Composer - HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
HOLYCHILD, MainArtist - Louis Charles Diller, Composer - Elizabeth Nistico, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. OBO VETIVER MUSIC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:09
- Main artists: HOLYCHILD
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(C) 2015 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL (P) 2014 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC, distributed by AWAL
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