| Thunderheist / Thunderheist |
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| Album: | Thunderheist | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Thunderheist | Added: | Apr 2009 | |
| Label: | Big Dada | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-08-09 | Pull Date: | 2009-10-11 |
| Week Ending: | Sep 27 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 16 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 27, 2012: | InAcrossAwayFromMe Jerk It | 4. | Apr 11, 2010: | Game On! Game On! Jerk It | |
| 2. | May 30, 2010: | The Acquisition List Jerk It | 5. | Mar 28, 2010: | No Conquest: The Age Of Sexual Decline Sweet 16 | |
| 3. | May 22, 2010: | lost and found Jerk It | 6. | Sep 24, 2009: | Quasi Music Therapy Sweet 16 |
| Album Review |
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| Trent Kay Reviewed 2009-08-01 | ||
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Hip hop electronica / dance club fare. Somehow reminds me of the Gorillaz, MIA, and “Everything is Everything” by Lauryn Hill. Yeah. Thunderheist are a Canadian two-piece consisting of female MC Isis and programmer Grahm Zilla. This is their debut album. Deadpan, lazy rap vocals + padded drums and synth = dancey sexy booty music. The provocative/bizarre music video for “Jerk It” was kind of a big deal earlier this year (and the song was on the soundtrack for The Wrestler), but the rest of the album doesn’t really live up to the hype. try: 1, 3 (FCC?), 13, 2 FCC: 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 *1. pure cool dance track. smooth bass, not too fast. nice use of single-word lyric repeats. ode to underage clubbing. my pick on this disk. *2. big, loud, commanding synth that could back a faint song. love or hate the one-syllable-per-beat verse. smooth & catchy chorus sort of takes over the track and doesn’t turn back. *3. ?FCC? the single. trebly power-synth loop and handclaps. terribly catchy. no points for guessing what this one’s about. i swear i heard “bitch” in there, though the online lyrics dispute this. 4. slower, dark synth with staccato video game effects & a time signature aimed to confuse. 5. FCC dance song about dancing. schoolgirl jump rope rap, wa wa synth. upbeat. 6. FCC bizarre intro, vacuum/gravity synth effects, sparse laid-back drums. 7. upbeat. mostly sung (ie, not rapped), no loop, less in-your-face synth. up-and-down key runs a la freezepop’s “less talk”. vocals slightly lagging the beat in the chorus. 8. FCC straight-ahead top 40 rap content (jewels, drugs, boyfriend stealing), musically sounds a lot like the verse on track 3. 9. low-key, spacey synth, dark & moody, but upbeat. “wipe your nose freddie” refrain. 10. FCC explosive synth to start, tight dancey chorus with overarching synth melody notes. layered (doubled) vocals. 11. slower, low spongy/metal springs feel with what sounds like high bells or spurs (as in boots) in the background. crisp & soft lyrics almost whispered, creepy siren noise backs the verses. 12. FCC video game lasers, busy keys/synth loop, lazy behind-the-beat vocals in chorus, rapped verses. *13. dark, pulsing, muddy and melodic. distorted vocals. nice ghostlike effects. this is the “introducing the band” track. (ie, “t-h-u-n-d-e-r-h-e-i-s-t”) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Sweet 16 | 7. | Space Cowboy | |||
| 2. | Nothing 2 Step 2 | 8. | The Party After | |||
| 3. | Jerk It | 9. | Frerddie | |||
| 4. | Lbg (Little Booty Girl) | 10. | Do The Right Thing | |||
| 5. | Bubblegum | 11. | Red Whine | |||
| 6. | Slow Roll | 12. | Cruise Low | |||
| 13. | Anthem | |||||