SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES

The best pop is all about emotions. Emotions that attack your heart and soul and disturb your very equilibrium. Emotions that bend your mind and move your body. Emotions that you can’t describe but know that they make you feel something quite special. Right now, nobody quite messes with those emotions like SOPHIE.

‘OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES’ is the Scottish producer and pioneer of new pop sounds' debut album and it contains all the genre-hopping madness you’d expect. The whole thing is a kaleidoscopic tour de force that fully showcases why SOPHIE is one of the music exciting musicians on the planet.

It’s a debut that careers across styles and sounds, beginning with the tender whispered hug of ‘It’s Okay To Cry’ before ending with the all-out sonic electro punk assault of ‘Whole New World/Pretend World’ which sounds a bit like 2 Unlimited warped into something altogether darker and more fucked up.

‘Ponyboy’ and ‘Faceshopping’ are equally as abrasive. After you’ve adjusted to the dissonant rampage though, you begin to notice the little details; ones that mark SOPHIE out as a real master of her craft rather than a flash in the pan shock artist. Distant echoes of raves gone by filter through, coalescing into some of the most bewitching electronic pop you’ll ever hear, equally comfortable in the mainstream or kicking up a fuss on the margins.