Ashnikko
Smoochies
NME 80点相当
DIY 80点相当
かつて、旬だった頃の
Gwen Stefani 作品に
ブームを過ぎた hyperpop 的要素を加えた感じ。
グウェン・ステファニー Love Angel Music Baby
今求められる音ではない気もするが、
メディア評が意外に高いのが不思議
この娘は
hyperpop でひっぱるなぁ。
Ashnikko こと
Ashton Casey
It’s all set to pummelling industrial pop that’s accessible but never antiseptic. Working with her regular producers Slinger and Oscar Scheller, Ashnikko incorporates elements of K-pop, country and early-2000s R&B into her sonic assault. On ‘Microplastics’, she even comes across like an underworld Gwen Stefani. Occasionally, and on the shuffling ‘Sticky Fingers’ in particular, the influence of innovative production duo the Neptunes is perhaps a little too pronounced. But even less musically punchy cuts have at least one ear-snagging lyric. “Flick the bean – English breakfast,” Ashnikko deadpans on ‘Lip Smacker’.
The album ends with its most reflective moment, ‘It Girl’, on which Ashnikko sings about rejecting the male gaze and reconciling her ultra-confident public persona with the person underneath. “I wanna kill the it girl in me,” she confides over an acid-tinged country shuffle. On the one hand, it feels like a glimmer of vulnerability at the end of a hard night’s shit talking. On the other, it points to a possible new direction – Ashnikko gets introspective, maybe? But for now, this remarkable artist is feeling her oats and plenty more besides.