Tag: Banks

Replied to Who’s Afraid of the Sound of Tik Tok? (w Cat Zhang) (switchedonpop.com)

EPISODE 145
Bass distorted to the edge of audibility; voices croaking out dark and violent lyrics; a hacked-together DIY aesthetic. This isn’t a fringe musical movement, this is the sound of Tik Tok, the video app used by millions in Generation Z. And soon enough it might also be the sound of pop as…

After listening to your discussion with Cat Zhang about TikTok, I was left wondering whether Hudson Mohawke’s production of BANKS recent album reflected this dirty aesthetics or if this is in fact a reference to SoundCloud rap?
Listened Banks: III from Pitchfork

While the brooding pop singer can’t always shake the anodyne songwriting that plagued her past work, III is still Banks’ best album to date.

What I like about this album is how the production compliments the lyrics. The brooding angst is as much carried by the blips and beeps as it is by Banks’ voice.

Place between Carly Rae Jepsen and Lorde.