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THE WHIP "X MARKS DESTINATION" (RAZOR & TIE) |
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From club thump to housey glitz to electronic pop to new wave to nu wave, The Whip lives up to the uber-sass of its name with a too-self-assured, hot on-the-town smirk and big dare-you-not-to-love-us groovitude. It's pop without entirely pandering and ... perhaps I should clarify I'm not deriding, just describing. The Whip comes off with attitude as big as its balls as big as its beats and it is catchy if a bit eyebrow-raise-inducing in its flashy zeal-&-confidence. Bulky buzz buffs up the hooks. And vocal pomp - everything from looped lines to full lyrical song structures - gives an over-the-top (on purpose, bitches!) swing to the overall mien (such a mild word for such a bursting sound). Rounding out the eclectic-but-always-The-Whip trip is a quad of remixes that cover a suprisingly broad span from cranked-up disco house heavy to electroesque sparks to industrio-glitch fixings. Uneven but wavering toward ... -- review by Kristofer Upjohn
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