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YACHT vs. Amanda Blank
Aug 29th
It’s Saturday night and I’m bored out of my skull, so why not actually something somewhat productive, like, update my blog?
Despite what many fellow music bloggers may think of her, I actually like Amanda Blank. And I like YATCHT even more thanks to their latest album. So when Dave Wrangler decided to mix the two of them together – YACHT’s “Summer Song” with Amanda’s “Might Like You Better” – I couldn’t help but like that as well.
I’m still kind of bored though.
Amanda Blank – “I Love You”
Aug 11th
It wasn’t just my friend Keath who was surprised when I said that I love Amanda Blank‘s debut album – I surprised myself! Any kind of hip hop usually goes straight over my head but Amanda’s added mixture of electronica and catchy hooks won me over.
It wasn’t immediate though; the first proper listen of I Love You didn’t impress me much at all but after giving it another chance (and challenging my “I-never-like-hip-hop” perception) I finally discovered what a fun album it really is. I even kinda want this t-shirt now!
I’ll admit that the more straightforward dance/pop oriented songs such as “DJ” and “Shame On Me” are my favorites but I do like the others as well – even the cheesy LL Cool J homage “A Love Song” (which also has a small guest appearance by Santigold). However, opening track “Make It Take It” as well as single “Might Like You Better” both show a good balance between the pop and hip hop sounds. She even adds a little indie-pop spin to it all by having Lykke Li appear on the very last track, “Leaving You Behind”.
I Love You is available on iTunes now.
~ “DJ” ~
