samtysoe

I’ve been a fan of Kim Petras for a couple of years now, especially her early run of singles and the incredible TURN OFF THE LIGHT mixtape. But looking at her discography 2s years ago, it looked like she’d fallen entirely towards adhering to her label with her music growing more and more generic (unless it was one of the slut pop EPs but they’re a whole other discussion). And that sucked because we knew she had so much potential in the hyperpop adjacent lanes of Charli XCX but ... read more

I apologise if you saw my first review for this. This fucks.

Essentially a remix album that somehow manages to do so much more than what you would expect from a remix album. Essentially turning a bunch of NIN songs into techno bangers that feels like they belong right in a Berlin nightclub, NINz stays pretty faithful to some songs (Vessel, Closer and AAAYNMTB aren’t being flipped upside down in these remixes) whilst completely transforming others into completely different beasts (She’s Gone Away). The whole album is united by the harsh, ... read more

Miles above the original (counting the new expanded album and not the disc 2, although the disc 2 is also very good) and for my money the definitive version of this album. Fuck Kanye for laking Peggy cut this down, this extended version feels so much more like a JPEGMAFIA album and the new additions basically all go as hard as the original album.