In 1994, an Australian scientist began what would become his most
acknowledged experiment.
Successfully obtaining an orphan male in the Australian outback,
he built a glass chamber and placed the child inside with four glistening
objects; two keyboards and two strobe lights. He named the child Muscles.
Withdrawn from the outside world the scientist ensured Muscles tasted
the glorious elements of life; 90s pop singles, trance compilations
and SNES games glowing into his eyes, resonating through the glass.
Upon completing 'Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island' the future arrived
amidst a final keyboard solo, like it was destiny, the glass chamber
shattered and Muscles bolted for Melbourne.
For the first time he saw the world for how it really was, learning
life wasn't all Korg synths and 16 bit, his musical creation growing
bizarre. Extraordinary party anthems manifested into a homemade bomb
of vocal harmony, forced into hard techno, lo-fi house and soft trance
synths.
Now this bomb has a name - 'Guns Babes Lemonade'. The crystallization
of the last 12 months of Muscles toiling away in a bedroom in Melbourne,
a suite of songs set to jack dancefloors and hijack hearts. Already-anthems
'One Inch Badge Pin' and 'Ice Cream' are nestled amongst a forest
of 11 of the most joyous moments of future pop likely to be heard
this year.
'Sweaty' kicks the record off with perhaps the most ominous refrain
to begin a record ever, while 'Chocolate Lemon & Lime' is pure
dancefloor bubblegum. 'My Friend Richard' is the sort of uplifting
body mover that people do PB's to at the City Gym.
'The Lake' is Guns Babes Lemonade's epicly brooding centerpiece,
a dark mongrel of a club stormer that growls and grumbles before opening
up into the most incredibly awesome 90's trance breakdown ever heard
outside of Ibiza.
'Hey Muscles I Love You' is the most perfectly sweet closer to one
of the most perfectly sweet debut records to come out of Australia,
nay, anywhere this year.
Touring his emotionally charged live show to hysterical fans from
Melbourne to Montreal it has been a busy year. And the best is yet
to come.
'Guns Babes Lemonade' is out now.
