Robyn's 'Sexistential' vs Factory Floor's 'Fall Back'
'Sexistential' feels a bit dated as Robyn's done this stuff before; it's not bad, it's just that I feel spoiled with how more of an pop innovator Robyn used to be. This isn't bad stuff! It's just that other artists, for example Fever Ray, make sexual music that's more exciting and uproariously fun than this. 'Sexistential' feels like Chicago house, the stuff that Robyn tapped with Honey.
I can't help but think of music like Factory Floor's song 'Fall Back' as I hear this new single. Even though their sound owes a lot to that of New Order, they managed to release something with a distorted and contorted vocal, a very simple bass-line, and drums that sounded as though they've been programmed by myself (not an accolade in any way), and yet everything coalesced and sounded good; better than that, it was really fucking good.
I hope Robyn's coming album contains a lot more interesting and mainly experimental stuff. She's a pop master, I get that, but we need more. MORE!