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Distraught and disillusioned, Santi split her then-punk project Stiffed, whisked the band's bass player off to New York and renamed herself Santogold. There she vented her anger and frustration at the system in the 10 songs that make up her self-titled debut which for the most part is as explosive and pop punching as the singer's life story. In fact the first three tracks alone will undoubtedly hog airwaves and dent dance floors in the coming months.
Take You'll Find A Way for instance. It's already been dubbed Bjork's favourite song of 2007 and going by the throat cutting guitar lines and Santi's Stefani-esque yelps, you can see why. The same goes for the dub infused Say A-Ha. Talk about chart hit, the chorus' catchy refrain alone is guaranteed to get festival goers singing in unison come Glastonbury.
To be fair Santogold could have easily taken the lazy option out and loaded her debut with pop hits. But she's much smarter than that. Instead she chooses to flirt with rap (Creator) reggae (Unstoppable) and even rock on I'm A Lady. Yet she still manages to remain undeniably catchy particularly on Unstoppable where she smatters dub beats with the infectious vocals: "I've got to be unstoppable/I've got to be unstoppable/Hey hey hey/ You don't like".
Lyrically too Santogold is both cutting and defiant. Opener L.E.S Artistes is a case in point where she viciously spits at Manhattan's hipsters, "I see you good you forced faker/Just make it easy/You're my enemy you fast talker" while You'll Find A Way is drenched in paranoia and pent up anger as she barks: "Don't fear your call/Can't pull us under/You better watch out, run for cover."
Name checked by everyone from Mark Ronson to Lily Allen, it's not surprising that Santogold has served up a debut this tantalising after the trauma she's been through. --Damian Jones
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Recommended.
A really unique, strong voice - but running through an album full of a diverse range of songs and sounds. Definitely one of my very favourite albums of 2008, and one that I would happily name as a classic album. I can't believe more people aren't raving about this already. I'm sure they will be in the longer run - this deserves to be a very big hit.
The single that I heard from this really didn't do the album justice; I wish they'd released one of the better songs as a single instead.
Lights Out,
Anne,
You'll Find A Way
and Say Aha.
The rest is not particularly outstanding. Read more
Don't slag it just because the music rags love it.
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