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Absolute shit.

  • October 21, 2009
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We don't half get sent some rubbish. Try this for an opening gambit. 

Britney Spears might be trying out three­somes, but New York elec­tro­pop trio Whore's Mascara is taking it to a whole other level in the brand new video for their 80s-inspired single, "Monogamous."

You will already be thinking, 'do you know what, this doesn't really sound like it's likely to be very good'. Brace yourselves. 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f‑whsr3CMtA

Whore's Mascara seem harmless enough but they're at the less awful end of a really boring subset of pop music.

You'll find a lot of it in London — this pop music which situates itself in the tiresome world of 'seedy sexual per­ver­sion' and 'glamour' and 'debauch­ery' which always seems to roughly translate as 'once saw a gig at Madame Jojo's, friend of a friend knows Jodie Harsh'. The emails they send you always start off with phrases like 'HEY BITCHES', their styling is usually terrible but the photos them­selves tend to be above average, the singers can never actually sing, and in their heads these bands are thinking "WOO THIS IS LIKE SUBVERSIVE PUNK ATTITUDE WITH A GLITTER BALL FOR ITS HEART" and all you think in response is, 'it's 2009, this isn't novel or con­front­a­tional or inter­est­ing, you are a very, very bad Scissor Sisters tribute act, your songs are utterly without merit and in popstar terms you're very much the wrong side of 25, have you thought about getting a job'.

Absolute shit.

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