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Plug are a couple of gals from London and after a handful of singles Upset the Rhythm have released their self titled album for mass consumption! It's a cheeky one on first listen. After a short opener of just some weird noises you get a nice electro(ey) hip-hop style number which is a wee bit like Luscious Jackson with some deep keyboards. It's pretty sweet actually. The album varies in styles from rocky-ish numbers to more hip hoppy ones, to electro pop ones to more straight forward indie pop ones. It's incredibly good fun and to be honest it's a hard thing to not like. It's bursting with character and energy and it's simple straight forward approach is fresh and appealing to me! Stick this on when you're in a bad mood and you couldn't fail to be lifted by the fun on offer here.
* Self-titled debut album Plug is released through Upset the Rhythm.
* The drums and bass duo (Sian Dorrer and Georgie Nettell) play a sophisticated post-pop punk noise.
* Released on digipack CD and vinyl. Only 500 copies of the coloured (TBC) LP version will be made available
worldwide.
* Comprising Sian Dorrer (vocals and drums) and Georgie Nettell (bass, keys and vocals) PLUG construct minimal pop
vignettes, with bright, sumptuous basslines locking indelibly with crisp, taught drumming - a deceptively simple yet driving
combination owing as much to hip-hop and dance music as the sparse clatter of post-punk. Songs are handled deftly
with Sian’s strident, powerful vocals augmented by Georgie’s more subdued whisper. PLUG play a sophisticated kind of
post-something pop with a brisk intensity, a wry sense of humour and canny knack for a memorable hook.
* PLUG is a record written with the intention to perfect each song so it encapsulates a chosen style in their own eyes.
This is a pop record with a modernist narrative glimpsed through an open window into all our lives. Moments of great
intimacy and detachment rub shoulders, diary-like, drawing you in. Sometimes you feel unnerved sometimes beholden
as honesty seeps out of this record. These contrasts mirror our capricious lives, in all their erratic and compelling
extremes. As the album finishes with the sound of a window closing on the world we’re left assured that PLUG set out to
make this day count.
1.Intro 2.Don't Forget It 3.You Keep The Beats 4.Body Story 5.Man vs Machine 6.Faces of Diversity
7.Sexy Coma 8.Real Girl 9.Money Loves Drugs Fame 10.Day Tripper 11.Attractive
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