Black Kids - Partie Traumatic

Artist: Black Kids
Album: Partie Traumatic
Genre: Indie Rock
Rating: 3 of 5


The Partie Traumatic is a good attempt at duplicating some work started in the 80s at bringing rock instruments into the disco.

Songs like "Listen to Your Body Tonight" and "Look at Me" make good use of combining the heavy beat of the disco with guitars and synthesizers. Unfortunately not the whole album was as well executed. Songs like "I'm Making Eyes at You" and "I Wanna Be Your Limousine" were off-balance; I also did not like the laser-type sounds that were injected into the former.

A little more cohesion throughout the album would have been nice as well. I found "I've Underestimated My Charms" and "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You" were from different eras as compared to the rest of the tracks.

The Black Kids feel like an awkward teenager going to house parties for the first time. They aren't quite sure what format the party takes but they are there to have fun.