Genesis Owusu
REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE
80--100点相当
The Guardian が満点
MVがまだない楽曲や、
終盤にかけては良いんだけどなぁ...
Barely three minutes into ‘Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge’ and Genesis Owusu has already pointed his crosshairs at Elon Musk (“a fuckin’ weirdo”), Donald Trump (a “toupee’d totalitarian”) and Kanye West, whose fans – according to opening track ‘Pirate Radio’ – are “fucking up my homeostasis”. As an opening salvo, backed by claustrophobic, juddering beats and clever references to The Prodigy’s ‘Breathe’ (“Psychosemantic, blowin’ out your brain”), it comes out swinging. But all of that barely scratches the surface of the Australian disruptor’s ambitious if slightly chaotic third studio LP.
Where ARIA-winning 2021 debut ‘Smiling With No Teeth’ and its 2023 follow-up ‘Struggler’ cemented Owusu as an artist with one foot in the rap world and one in the rock mosh, ‘Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge’ attempts to dip a toe into literally everything. There are Daft Punk-nodding electronics on ‘Human Again’, and Viagra Boys-esque grubby punk beats on ‘Most Normal American Voter’. ‘4LIFE’ is a warped moment of weirdness, stripped back to one minimal synth and a heavily treated vocal, whereas ‘The Worldwide Scourge’ is a grand theatrical epic that RAYE would likely give the thumbs up.
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