PERLEN/White Vinyl

Description

The Saxon treasure is finally back. And this does not mean the ostentatious crown jewels of the Green Vault, but the "pearls" that Blond left shining on their second album. The band has proven in recent years that Chemnitz and glamour do not necessarily have to exclude each other. Where Blond has its own definition of what glamour really is, sometimes snotty or radical yet elegant. The band always mixes small pieces of glass under their indie pop glitter, as bloody fingers and sharp edges, both small and large scars are part of life. Also in the lives of people identified as women, for whom society still has very specific ideas about the best way to be. But Blond tells how it can be: pretty pink and angry at the same time, provocative and sparkling at once, to roar and scream, to doubt and dance. This album is full of indie-pop gems that oscillate between rage and world-weariness, dancefloor and hanky-panky, which have punch but also courage. Sometimes shimmering in hyper-pop, rap, or fine new wave tones, and always adorned with irresistibly catchy choruses. You can call them pearls or bangers or hits or tracks.