A new music podcast with an LGBTQ+ focus. Host George showcases new drops from queer artists, producers, DJs and songwriters, spanning a variety of pop, hip-hop, indie and alternative genres.
Hideous Bastard: Oliver Sim's Queer Confessional Reflects on Masculinity
Released on 9th September, Hideous Bastard is the debut solo album from Oliver Sim, who makes up one third of The xx. Coming in at just 34 minutes, the album is quiet yet deeply confessional, as Sim explores his own anxieties and shame - Hideous Bastard opens with the line: ‘I’m ugly’. Mapping elements of the queer experience, Sim discusses his HIV status, body image, performative masculinity and draws a lot of inspiration from queer horror films.
In all, Hideous Bastard, is a simple yet effective and elegant debut project that highlight’s Oliver Sim’s beautiful voice and fluid writing style. Production from Jamie xx proves to be pared back, building out dreamy synth soundscapes with moody piano lines and vocal harmonies in a stylish mix. For a project that deals with some interesting ideas around shame and horror, the album does lack in sonically providing some of the substance to go with all the style, but Oliver Sim’s debut shows tons of potential for the future.
30 Aug 2022
Hold On Baby: King Princess’ Slice of Sincere Indie Pop
Hold On Baby is the second album from up-and-coming artist, King Princess, aka Mikaela Strauss. Strauss said that her previous work has focused more on the heartbreak done to her, however, she expressed that this record marked how she ‘finally reached a point where I had to turn the barrel on myself’. What that means then for Hold On Baby, is a turning inwards, a move towards self-reflection and occasionally self-critical. Incorporating, aspects of indie pop, indie rock and electropop, Strauss is at her best when she makes songs full of tension and release (like Change The Locks or Dotted Lines).
23 Aug 2022
Ugly Season: Perfume Genius’ Abstraction of Art Pop
I actually wrote my dissertation on Mike Hadreas’ (aka Perfume Genius’) last two records, and it’s a shame that Ugly Season hadn’t been released, because it’s so rich and dense that I could pick it apart for days. On the album, Hadreas begins to expand into new, more abstract territory, navigating the pleasure of dark and light spaces. Ugly Season is highly textural, as Hadreas deploys his stunning falsetto over tracks composed of celeste, chimes and clarinet, of saxophone, strings and synths.
Check out my dissertation! https://georgebaxterwrites.blogspot.com/2022/06/bodies-in-flux-dissertation.html (https://georgebaxterwrites.blogspot.com/2022/06/bodies-in-flux-dissertation.html)
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