When indie music takes itself seriously, it is independent and free from all sound categories. Strange that an estimated 95 percent of all indie records still sound formulaic. All the better that the duo Jockstrap from London play a kind of indie that can hardly be classified. There is electronica in this music, often intricate beats that rarely sound cocky, rather spun.
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Voices and effects buzz around again and again, the neo-psychedelic is reminiscent of the pop experimentalists AR Kane, who was put under the shoegazers out of necessity in the 80s and 90s. A track like “Greatest Hits” sounds like Saint Etienne’s charming pop nostalgia, “What’s It All About” is a synth-pop ballad like Dubstar.
At the heart of the record, “Concrete Over Water” and “Angst” suddenly offer art music, the single “Glasgow” offers 70s psychfolk instead, and “50/50” leads into acid house at the end. I LOVE YOU JENNIFER B is a crazy trip and one thing is for sure: the second Jockstrap record will sound completely different.
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