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On this three track EP, Barbara Nicole and Ed Hoffman continue their salacious streak of supplying dancefloors with wildly fun bangers that show off Barbara’s ability to bring forth deft tongue in cheek anthems.
“Pretty Little Things” is an angular track that cuts right to the core with heavy doses of acid house, from a thick bassline to big organ stabs. Big drums in here: crisp snares and a heavy kick surround Barbara Nicole’s wicked laugh and a cold as ice vocal delivery as she serves up a sharp portrait of those who obsess over “Pretty Little Things”.
“Desire”, the second track in the set, leans into punk house led by Barbara’s study of a woman who’s “expensive, designer” and from there that catchy vocal hook is instantly etched in your mind as Ed Hoffman’s dynamic yet glitchy percussive builds swirl around Barbara Nicole’s mantra.
“Kitty Wanna Bite” is a thumping West coast house track that ascends higher and higher before this set of “Shiny Objects” closes out, with Barbara Nicole offering up a provocative top line to complete this seductive selection of house cuts.
“Ed and I wrote Shiny Objects in a period of intense transformation (post my divorce). I was rediscovering myself, feeling confident and sexy, for the first time in a long time and in turn that started to attract a lot of eyes. These songs are powerful statements of female empowerment and freedom of sexual expression. We should be able to dress how we want, dance where we want, say what we want and do whatever we want without feeling pressure or judged. If we’re going to be sexualized and treated like objects I better be the one owning my own narrative.” – Barbara Nicole
