Name: X-Communicate
Brand: Kristin Kontrol

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

sp1160

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Colour

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Sub Pop Label of the Month - September 2016 - Free 12" Sampler with purchase while stocks last

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-05-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0098787116014

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Kristin Kontrol

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Sub Pop

Sometimes you have to rip it up and start again. It was a tough call for Dee Dee. Dum Dum Girls was her guise for the better part of a decade, an outlet through which she had crafted an instantly identifiable body of work. As her music evolved, Dee Dee found that she would be forever refracted through the prism of Dum Dum Girls' early work: retro-leaning female harmonies, a backdrop of lo-fi, fuzzed-up guitars. At the top of 2015, she decided to shed her skin, ditching Dee Dee for her real name, Kristin, and adding Kontrol. "The first music I felt was mine was classic 80s pop and 90s R&amp;B, from Tiffany and Debbie Gibson to Janet Jackson and Madonna, to TLC and SWV," she says. "But for years I was hellbent on the rock'n'roll thing, revering Joan Jett, Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde" — a rebellion against her classical vocal training — "but with Kristin Kontrol I just wanted to try it all....I thought I'm Kate Bush covering Mariah." Arguably the biggest shift beyond the music is that, as Kristin Kontrol, she tells her stories using a sonic palette splashed with bold pop melodies, her vocals showcasing a range hitherto unexplored. The songs that emerge from Kristin's universe are familiar but unique. You can hear the touchstones of new wave, R&amp;B, synthpop, krautrock, postpunk, and even reggae, but X-Communicate uses genre rather than adheres to it, with a distinct nod to the present. LP - Black Vinyl with Download.LP+ - Limited Loser Coloured Vinyl with Download.Tape - No Download Included.

X-Communicate

Music GB