New Blank album – I Love You (+ free track)
Posted by charmedquark | May 21st, 2009
I think Amanda took us all by surprise in Bump from yoyoyoyo(how many yos?)yoyo by Spank rock. Then again that album was totally in your face, which is pretty much a spot on description of Amanda Blank.
After gaining what can only be called noteriety, she’s since collaborated with MIA, plastic little, Santogold etc. etc. Now she’s out with her own album titled ‘I Love You’, featuring the single ‘might like you better’. The song of course is in your face sex sex sex, with the line from 1982 song ‘never say never’ “I might like you better if we slept together” kicking off the track. Shame Amanda’s lacks any of the depth that the orginal had, but then again that’s her shtick. If I were expecting depth and meaning in her album, I’m pretty sure I’d be fairly disappointed and do the pitchfork thing and give her a 2 (out of 10). However you really need to take Amanda as she comes (excuse the terrible pun) and just go with it. The track’s danceable, it’s feminine albeit fairly aggressively so, and it’s very in your face.
The album features Santogold, Spank Rock, lykke Li and the Cool Kids, and is co-produced by Diplo, XXXchange and Switch. Out on July 11th!
Might Like you better – Amanda Blank (mp3)
ps. I’ve updated the link so it actually works now.. sorry!
June 9th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
I saw her perform recently with Santigold. I’d actually never heard of her before this concert – she was pretty good. The lyrics were too fast for me to catch many of them, but I got the impression it wasn’t all that deep. Still, she’s a fun entertainer.