Dreamworks
2003
Punk Debutante
About This Album
Kicky dance-pop in the tradition of Pizzicato Five, Fantastic Plastic Machine, and Deee-Lite, Cooler Kids grab from disco, new wave, funk, and the strutting, sheer in-the-moment-ness of the fashion world to energize their glittering debut with bubblegum and bright plastic. While the popular face of the group is newcomer vocalist Sisely Treasure and DJ Kaz Gamble (aka NYC's DJ Kazimir), Punk Debutante benefits considerably from whiz kid production team Pop Rox and Luscious Jackson ex-pat Jill Cunniff (who here functions sort of like a spiritual god/den mother, adding production and backing vocals). But whether it's Gamble or Pop Rox principals Freshmaka and Duke Mushroom playing the parts doesn't really matter when the music is this much smartly rendered fun. Brazenly two-dimensional from start to finish, Punk Debutante throbs as consistently as a strobe light, from the global dance fantasy of "All Around the World (Punk Debutante)," through the summer sweat of "Viva la Fever" ("Half-pipe freak, ridin' it sideways, California chic, burning the driveway, she's petite, fake ID underage"), to the breezy second-wave '70s disco update of the ballad "Sha la La (Wake Up Next 2 U).
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8)

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