Allie X – Girl With No Face

I’m a fan of a lot of 80’s pop and gothy metal music so I have a lot of time for this album. I’m loving the general retro synth vibes here, some of the beats feel industrial reminds me of Kraftwerk. In fact there are a lot of nods to 80’s bangers mostly because several of the songs sample them. A standout example of this for me is “You Slept On Me” which samples “Maniac” from the movie “Flashdance”. Gives the song a faster beat I could really bop along to.

As for the singer herself, I could understand people who see her as a successor of sorts to Kate Bush or maybe Maggie Reilly. I’ve never been big fans of them, I think there is a bit more novelty here with Allie with an originality that I enjoy.

Standout tracks for me aside from the aforementioned one are “Galina” and “Our Lady Of Sorrows” I think these nail the gothy feel more and will probably end up on my playlist in the future.

Lastly, I am awarding the album a bonus point for a whole song about tits. I am sure there were some other lyrics to it but I am a simple man with simple pleasures.

9/10

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