Katie von Schleicher
Shitty Hits
Release Date: Jul 28, 2017
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: Full Time Hobby
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Album Review: Shitty Hits by Katie von Schleicher
Very Good, Based on 3 Critics
Based on rating 4/5
M ostly, this debut tilts at Portishead covering the Beatles' I Want You (She's So Heavy), with some success. Compared with her 2015 demo collection, Bleaksploitation, the richer production allows Von Schleicher's full-throated vocals to impress, swooping and keening above serpentine riffs and distorted drums. At first, the jauntier, slightly derivative rockers signal strongest, then the darker ballads and self-scouring lyrics lure you in.
Based on rating 7.1/10
Internships typically end with a handshake, a letter of rec, and a modest happy hour on the company dime. Katie Von Schleicher's got her a record deal. A few years back, Ba Da Bing label head Ben Goldberg made his then-charge an offer: make a record and the label might just put it out there. Much to Goldberg's delight, Von Schleicher returned with Bleaksploitation, a small-yet-staggering collection of full-throated lo-fi lamentations recorded entirely by Von Schleicher--also of cracked Americana combo Wilder Maker--herself.
Based on rating 6/10
Picture this: a silhouetted figure is standing in a doorway, looking into a dark room. Arms projected slightly. The figure is fixated on something in front of them. Fog rolls in from behind. The figure is wearing a shirt that says just "Sad Songs" in large, bold print. Here you have a literal frame ….
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