RAZZMATAZZ

Pop · 2020 · 14 tracks · 39m

RAZZMATAZZ

I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

A neon-soaked debut of fuzz-bass grooves and synth-pop hooks. It sounds like a high-budget 1980s variety show broadcast from a slightly parallel dimension.

It's like if a 1980s synth-pop band was obsessed with David Bowie and also very suspicious of the government.

A high-energy blend of theatrical confidence and underlying social paranoia.

RAZZMATAZZ · vs · I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

Tape Saturation+1.3σ

The production is pushed notably harder into tape saturation than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 39m

01

Leave Me Alone

3:36

02

Indoctrination

1:12

03

Mad IQs

3:03

04

Nobody Likes the Opening Band

2:15

05

New Invention

3:12

06

From the Gallows

2:43

07

Clusterhug

3:12

08

Sugar Pills

3:07

09

Kiss Goodnight

3:50

10

Lights Go Down

3:24

11

Need You Here

3:08

12

Door

1:33

13

Tomorrow People

1:20

14

Razzmatazz

4:19

Moments Worth Waiting For

The explosive transition from the eerie spoken-word 'Indoctrination' into the jagged, funky synth-stabs of 'Mad IQs'.

The way the title track 'Razzmatazz' builds into a triumphant, saxophone-led climax that feels like a lost 1983 credits sequence.

The sudden, vulnerable shift to a sparse piano arrangement on 'Door' that cuts through the album's usual glitter.

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