Since effectively inventing the genre of electroclash, Felix Da Housecat has enjoyed a fair amount of success. Even though he hasn’t been particularly mainstream (from what I know at least), he has a loyal following, and I for one have definitely enjoyed his albums. He seems to have a sense of humour and manages to implement that into his work, but whilst also containing some full-on electro tracks. And his new album is pretty similar. We got it as an advanced copy last weak but since then its leaked, but you should buy it even so!.
It starts off with Felix’s dedication to Prince, and on first listen I wasn’t much of a fan but its really grown on me. It starts the album off very nicely and relaxingly and sets the theme for the majority of the rest of the songs. After that comes ‘Plastik Fantastik’, a song I’d consider among his joking songs, for some reason I just find it amusing. Its still a good song regardless though.
After the rather low-key start comes the club ‘banger’ ‘Kickdrum’. Before I’d heard the whole album I thought it was a really good tune, and tbf you can’t deny the synths etc are pretty epic. But, it doesn’t really fit with the rest of the album IMO. But after that comes ‘Do We Move Your World’ and ‘We’, the latter of which is probably my favourite song off the album. Both are just generally upbeat, feel-good tracks with that trademark Felix ‘wobble’ with the synths. The 3 tracks following that are in a similar mould, all very good songs.
Following on from the quite chilled middle comes ‘Elvi$’, which I’ve posted before – a sick track on the whole, and ‘LA Ravers’, which even though its not overly fitting with the rest of the album, is another of my favourites from it. A lot more full-on electro than most of the other songs, but completely hectic. The crackling synths are too good!
The penultimate track, ‘Magic’, goes back to the ‘low-key-with-alluring-female-vocals’ feel. Again, just a very summery, modern track. The finale/title track is probably the softest track on the album and a great finisher.
Maybe 8 is a bit generous, who knows, but I really enjoyed it and I’ve already been playing it a fair bit since having it. Great summer music, and well worth buying!
Felix Da Housecat – We
Felix Da Housecat – Elvi$
