Artist: Starfucker
Title: Jupiter
Label: Badman Recording Co.
Genre: Indie : Dance
Release Date: 5/5/09
UPC: 655037093022
Territory: United States, Canada
Part indie dance-rock band, part 8-bit electro, Starfucker has a unique take on the tunes that make you shake what your mama gave you. Besides a challenging name and a reputation for fully cross dressing at live performances, the Portland four-piece has been pulling in enthusiastic press and gaining new fans daily. Infectious and youthful, Starfucker is sure to be a much needed fresh injection of energy in Dj sets everywhere. Their label, Badman, describes their sound: “It’s like playing an 8-bit video game where your primary objective is to overcome heartbreak and an obsession with death, your only weapon a love laser mounted on a space bike that zaps out bright red blips and neon bleeps.” Awesome.
2008 was an incredibly successful first year for the band. Their self-titled debut album had been featured on iTunes Indie Spotlight and MySpace; their video premiered on Pitchfork, and they had one of the all-time most downloaded songs (“German Love”) on eMusic’s Daily Download. On Valentine’s Day they played to their largest sold-out crowd in their hometown of Portland, Oregon. And less than nine months after delivering their debut, they are back with an eight song record. Jupiter is a 26 minute mini-album showcases the dance-y upbeat tunes this electro-pop quartet is praised for. Just listening to it you get an immediate sense for how fun their live shows must be. Included is a great cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” which gets a makeover for a contemporary youth without loosing the spirit of the classic original version. The album gives listeners a chance to hear tracks previously dedicated solely to the live show; complete with the planet explorative patter well known on the last record, while reigning in their synth-heavy beat machine dialect for a fresh outlook on what dance music sounds like in their part of the universe. This may be the music founder Josh Hodges was playing for his imaginary audience of aliens when he was a kid. It’s poppy, it’s catchy, and it’s palatable, and that’s a good thing.
Check out “German Love” from their debut record:
Starfucker
“German Love” (mp3)
from “Starfucker”
(Badman Recording Co)
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