CocoRosie’s new EP Coconut’s, Plenty of Junk Food totally managed to fly past my radar when it came out about a month ago. A bit of research showed that the album is only being sold at their live shows so don’t feel too much like a moron if you too hadn’t heard of it and consider yourself a fan of the girls. As of now, I’m thinking the album isn’t that great but maybe with time it will grow on me.
The opening track “Happy Eyez” seems like the girls are trying to capture the childlike rawness of their first album but with better equipment, more capable techniques and abilities so the end result appears contrived. The second song “Coconuts” has lyrics that briefly discuss a sadomasochistic love affair which always titillates me but they were definitely on the vanilla side of the border. The next few songs are okay, the vocals are gorgeous and the minimal accompianment allows for the voices to stand out – however, the tracks don’t seem like something I’ll keep returning to. Is it just me or has CocoRosie stagnated? They’ll always have a place in my heart but if they wanna continue to occupy my ear they’ll need to move in a new direction.
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