I liked this project's last album, though I am guessing they do not self-identify as goth, but what they do is likea darker, more brooding version of Peaches. In many ways, it is not unlike what was going down on the new Pixel Grip album. They are not afraid of increasing intensity here on the opening track as they declare that " if you want to keep your boy on a leash/ the strategy is catch and release," which could have a double meaning. "New Way" works off a somewhat poppier pulse. The mood is dripping with sex. It's not all humping groove as things back off enough to have dynamics.
"Coming Up" has guitar accents giving it more of an industrial grind, though it's more on the "Pretty Hate Machine" side of things. It seems like it's about getting choked during sex. "Bad Thing" has more motion in the ocean as they muse, what they are doing under the effects of alcohol. It is more on the pop side of their equation, but it works. There is a more experimental witch house-like sound to "My Place."She continues her seductive purr on " Die Like Everyone Else". It also finds her voice going into an upper register I haven't noticed before and a sultry Madonna-like croon.
"Like Me" and "Pain is Power" both had a weird hybrid mix of hyper-pop and witch-house; the latter is more celebratory of the fact that blood is everywhere, but she does not care. "Victim of God" also has a more pop feel that is tempered by a noisy swath of metallic dissonance. It also moves more likea Nine Inch Nails song. The last song is almost a ballad, but grimy enough to work. This album is a lot of fun, should have been called "Porn songs," but as there is not a lot about dying. I will give it a 9.5.
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