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Album Review

CocoRosie
The Adventures Of Ghosthorse and Stillborn Touch and Go

Article written by Alex McM - May 3, 2007

You'd have to be living in a bunker under the ground cut off from all modern civilisation not to recognise the cover art of this LP as by Pierre et Gilles. But hey, I'm very biased - I just love Pierre et Gilles. I've had a signed portrait of the boys (in their iconic sailor suits) on my wall since back in the day - causing a lot of narrow and frankly stupid questions about a love of homoerotic art. But beauty comes in so many forms, you just need to let it in.

And so Coco Rosie. This lp (as their previous two) is an unsettling, odd, downright weird listen but what a thing of beauty... Even though the tracklisting looks like its been written in blood. And it quite possibly has. CocoRosie, for the uninitiated, are the Casady sisters Sierra and Bianca. Sierra classically (opera) trained offset by Bianca's contagious (untrained) exhibit. Combined they have again produced a delicate collection of real beauty. This is their third album.

Track one, and current single, 'Rainbowarriors' opens with playful intent betraying their hip-hop influences. Its a delicate sound but these sisters are hard-as-nails perfect. We have big beats, honey-dripping gorgeous vocals, and um horse noise. Reference points are tricky. Producer Valgeir Sigursson provides a Bjork like feel, having worked with the Icelandic Goddess previously, but any similarities end there.
Other stand out tracks include live favourite 'Japan' a bonkers, jump around, stomp that remains truely distinctive. Even their protest is unique "Everyone wants to go to Iraq, but when they go they don't come back" but the rest of the lyrics make delightfully little sense to me. 'Sunshine' is a sparse and fragile piano piece that draws in the listener the layered vocal beautiful and beguiling. And the emotionally charged 'Werewolf' a personal and compelling track that could well reduce me to tears if I had the faintest idea what the girls are singing about.

This is truly magical stuff. But with all good magic it requires you to suspend belief and just enjoy.

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/cocorosie