(I U She/Kartel)We all know pop is a hypersexualised medium; witness the prima facie bump’n’grind of everyone from Beyoncé to FKA twigs via Miley Cyrus. And yet most descriptions of Peaches (aka Merrill Nisker) normally feel obliged to qualify her output as outrageous or controversial,probably because she doesn’t play the dead-eyed moll. She would much rather scare the pants off you than assume the position.
Over four studio albums (as Peaches), eye-popping concert tours, and a one-woman remake of Jesus Christ Superstar and collaborations with artists as diverse as Iggy Pop and Feist,Peaches has made it her life’s work to take frankness to places it doesn’t normally venture: the realm of the absurd, into art, and into politics (Impeach My Bush was the title of her 2006 album). Close Up,the lead track from her fifth album, Rub, or is a breathy collaboration with Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon stuffed with attitude and tongue-in-cheek wordplay. Here,“testosterone” rhymes with “Blendr, Tinder, and finder,Grindr/Romance the phone”. (The song takes on yet another dimension in its lurid (shocking; sensational) boxing-themed video.)Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com