To be honest, I've never been that much interested in
Felix da Housecat until now. I really enjoyed
Kittenz and Thee Glitz, but I haven't really checked out his later stuff. That was until I heard Kickdrum and Elvi$ and found out I really had missed something. Felix' new album
He Was King is a great mix of pure electro synth-pop (
Do We Move Your World,
Spank U Very Much and
We) and club bangers (
Elvi$ and
LA Ravers).
I think that
He Was King is what Tiga wanted Ciao! to sound like. Felix make lyrics like
Feel like killing myself / put a shotgun to my head an blast it sound sweet, and I think the naive and funny
Plastic Fantastic is what Tiga actually wanted Shoes to be. Also, a big plus is all the female vocals.
When I first heard the album, I wanted to write a track-by-track review, but I think Felix himself describes the tracks better than I do:
‘HE WAS KING’ – TRACK BY TRACK By FELIX DA HOUSECAT
1. We All Wanna Be Prince “Every lyric on that record is from a Prince song. I’m sure Prince is going to hear this!“
2. Plastik Fantastik “Straight up sexy”
3. KickDrum “You know this one!”
4. Do We Move Your World “Very Human League inspired, my straight up 80s
5. We “Four minute electro-synth workout”
6. Spank You Very Much “A much slower version of Sex Shooter”
7. Do Not Try This At Home “This has a Tom Tom Club type vibe!”
8. Turn Me On A Summer Smile “Quentin Tarantino style live bass, live guitar and spooky keyboards!”
9. Elvi$ “2manydjs and Erol have been hammering this”
10. LA Ravers “This is the whole chopped up ‘Tweak’ vibe”
11. Machine “This is like those Russian girls Tatu! That’s my other electro pop moment. The one to make you smile!”
12. He Was King “This is my new ‘Pray For a Star’ and that’s a BIG STATEMENT because that’s my favorite song I ever made. This is right up there!
I'm pretty sure that
He Was King will be on my list of this year's best albums. You can decide for yourself by grabbing the album when it drops on 24th August.
Felix da Housecat - KickDrum
