Peaches- I Feel Cream
8/10

When Peaches released Impeach My Bush in 2006 things couldn’t get much better for the Canadian super-star. Her sexually charged electro-punk reached new heights, signalling a peak in her career. But after blasting out more smutty bangers, it was time for her to try something different. Sure it fits her image to be foul mouthed and dirty but the novelty was starting to wear off. With I Feel Cream she’s fooled us all; the album tittle suggests more of the same, but inside Peaches has morphed into a whole new type of feminist, lining up pop stars like Lady Gaga and Madonna and blowing them to smithereens. Opening with a thumping electro beat, ‘Serpentine (I don’t give a… pt. 2)’ is Peaches unloading her former self, before being reborn as a pop diva on ‘Talk To Me’. Her whole attitude seems to have changed, previously Peaches forced herself upon you, confronting you with her sexuality and forcing you to question your own sexual tendencies. Now she is more delicate, her voice shows restraint where it’s previously been filled with fire. This may well be the first Peaches record to crash the pop market, opening her up to a whole new audience of teenagers who indulge in conservative pop radio. Unfortunately it’ll be up to the radio producers to choose what to spoon feed their listeners. While similar artists get away with flaunting their sexuality, Peaches still might frighten them. I Feel Cream isn’t just a pop record, it’s electro-pop produced by some of the industry’s major players, including Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism, Soulwax and Drums of Death. It’s a lot slicker and definitely more experimental than her new genre buddies. Three of the twelve tracks tip-toe back to Impeach My Bush, where the anger in her voice is unleashed. Employing friend Shunda K (Yo Majesty) on ‘Billionaire’, is the only major display of anger, growling with K about the state of the economy, run by squares and rich property moguls. Despite signalling Peaches’ leap into the pop market, she doesn’t entirely break away from her former feminist, sexual activist, politically motivated ways. However she deserves huge credit for recognising that I Feel Cream couldn’t follow in the footsteps of her previous records.
Nick

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