“Consider the work we’ve done on this track as a siren’s catcall”
Prince claimed the colour purple more than three decades ago, but his sound still permeates the vast sonorous universe of colour. Our favorite, the cheekiest, and most sultry LSDXOXO’s new single, “Red,” featuring Boys Noize and VTSS infuses disco into the baselines of electronic dance music. Classic four-on-the-floor disco drums and staccato strings line the edges of the sound arena with an infectious groove. You cannot listen to “Red” casually without joining the beat with your hips, possibly pursing your lips and hit with a certain mysticism under the allure of our SANCTUM Issue cover girl VTSS’s smooth and fluid vocals.
It’s red, sexy, raunchy – as LSDXOXO explains, “consider the work we’ve done on this track as a siren’s catcall.” Believe us, we do – the affective experience of this song can be compressed into a persuasive and alluring seduction that is surprisingly gentle at times. Immediately as soon as you hear the opening notes a dizzying temporal disjunction sucks you deep into the energy – LSDXOXO’s lyrics, self-aware, confident, and tinted with glamour, make you laugh and follow along with a raspy whisper. The energy shifts as soon as VTSS enters the sound arena; her voice feels like icy water dumped on hot read lava – and the combination of these two vocalists makes for a dizzying atmosphere filled with groove and tongue-in-cheek lyrics.
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