{"id":129313,"date":"2020-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=129313"},"modified":"2024-01-25T00:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T05:06:21","slug":"1000-gecs-and-the-tree-of-clues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2020\/07\/15\/1000-gecs-and-the-tree-of-clues\/","title":{"rendered":"1000 Gecs and The Tree of Clues"},"content":{"rendered":"
Easily one of the most polarising acts in today\u2019s music scene, experimental bubblegum bass duo 100 gecs have raised their profile considerably in the past year. Having embraced collaborations like no one else, with Dylan Brady’s uniquely crushing breakdown production turning up all over the place in the wake of their 2019 debut album 1000 Gecs<\/em>. With such a profile, and in such a climate, a full album of remixes—titled 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues <\/em>and running almost an hour—of the songs from 1000 Gecs<\/em> seems like a natural progression.<\/p>\n This is especially the case given how terrific the recent remixes released as teasers had been. The \u201cringtone\u201d remix released as the lead single to this project is high in the running for my favourite single of the whole year. Nothing better expresses the unique position of 100 gecs in the musical landscape than the fact they would have, and could get, Charli XCX<\/a>, Kero Kero Bonito and Rico Nasty together on one song, and have the instrumental—a pre-existing instrumental at that—sound equally suitable for each of them.<\/p>\n Charli lends a plucky, coy and playful rendition of the original chorus; Rico gives us a verse and chorus of her own with her chaotic evil delivery on full, effortless force; and Sarah Bonito provides possibly the most nuts moment on the track, abruptly side shifting from peppy and cute to bizarrely threatening in an instant. It’s a magnificent posse cut with phenomenal chemistry and every artist earning full marks for originality and personality.<\/p>\n