Album title: Western Ware
Artist: Hyperbubble
Genre: Synthpop/Electropop
Nationality: American
Release date: March 7
Position in Discography: Sixth
Fear Factor: Critical
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: N/A
Well this is interesting, and by interesting I mean potentially excruciating! The first ever electro country and western album? Sounds scary! The first track is, to be fair, ****, and then they cover Dolly's “Jolene”, but they, again to be fair, don't do much new with it: she even sounds a little like the Country national treasure herself. Meh. Yeah, I just don't get it. They're country songs, but there's little (so far) in the way of “electropopping” them up, this could be a low grade country album. What's the point here? At least “Bar Wars” has some fizzing electronic thingamummies going off, but it's still basically a country song. Yawn.
Okay, finally! Their version of Glenn Campbell's “Rhinstone Cowboy” goes all out, with jumping synth, wails, sirens, tripping drumbeat, the whole bit. That's more like it. And of course I know that song so I can evaluate it properly. The rest is basic country though, while the closer seems to go more in the synthpop vein and ignore country altogether. Again, I ask, why did they bother doing this?
Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes
(Luckily, no YouTube videos seem to exist for these songs. Be thankful!)
Expectation Index: 0