Chew Lips Combine Disco with Pop
I know, I know, most of you will think how old these news are. However, I discovered Chew Lips for myself just a couple months ago. I found myself playing the Two Door Cinema Club remix of their second single, Salt Air nearly in every one of my sets. Chew Lips are from London and they play this sexy electro-pop with a sometimes punkish girl behind vocals. They aren’t your typical dance-pop band and that Kitsuné being the ones who signed them supports this. Somehow, the whole thing seems more original than the La Roux, Little Boots stuff. And Tigs, the singer, is more like a Beth Ditto.
I mean for the ears, for the eyes she’s much more pleasing. With Chew Lips, it’s not only about the vocalist anyway. The 8-bit, minimalistic and dry aesthetic of the music is interesting enough in itself. Well, nevermind, I won’t find any arguments to support why I like this more than Florence and The Machine for instance. It’s a matter of instinct, ear and taste. The nuances of disco sound, the production, the manners and attitudes are not translatable into reviews I guess.
The remixers are also more appealing that with many others: TDCC was mentioned and there are reworks by Jupiter and Tepr too. With the originals as well as the remixes, Chew Lips are ready for worldwide dancefloor domination. The more important questions is of course that will they be able to make an exciting debut LP, more exciting than the ones from the same genre we had this year because everyone had good singles and good remixes. Check the new dreamy and surreal vid for Salt Air Chew Lips Salt Air is released soon.
