Born out of Williamsburg’s vibrant underground scene in 2000?and sounding not unlike the soundtrack to a painfully hip party there, Vic Thrill’s debut is a fizzing cocktail of world music polyrhythms, camp theatrics and techno wizardry. The influence of Ziggy is evident throughout, but there are also strains of the kitsch disco of Pizzicato 5, the murky pop of The Frogs and snatches of the Happy Mondays and Underworld. Incessant and uptempo for much of the time, it is unmistakably danceable. As if entirely worn out, the record closes with the Grandaddy-esque “Zero Odds”. Perhaps it’s intended to soothe tired souls prepared to do it all over again.
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