Geneva Jacuzzi Triple Fire Black & White Smash Vinyl Edition

Black & White Smash Vinyl.Since first splashing on to the Southern California circuit in the midaughts,Geneva Jacuzzi (née Garvin) quickly cemented herself as thequeen of the Los Angeles underground. Her immersive and unhingedmultimedia performances are the stuff of legend, a psychotropic galleryof masks, costumes, confrontation, and massive art installations.Jacuzzi's recordings are equally revered, catchy hooks and crypticmoods dusted in 4-track grit. The arrival of her third official full-length,and Dais Records debut, is cause for such celebration. Triple Fire vividlyexpands and crystallizes Jacuzzi's signature fusion of midnight melodyand mutant aerobics across a 12-track hit parade of wildcard synth-popand sly post-apocalyptic camp. Her enthusiasm for the album is as boldas her body of work: "Halfway through, we started calling this the recordof the prophecy, the record that's going to save mankind."Opener "Laps of Luxury" sets the template - a strobe-lit dreamer'sdelight of swaggering synth bass, Haçienda drum machinery, and sultryvocal spellcasting ("Tragic mysteries I've known for centuries / I burnedall memories and turned to fantasy"). The collection burns throughshades of sardonic strut ("Art Is Dangerous," "Nu2U," "Keep It Secret"),coldwave kiss off ("Speed Of Light," co-produced by Andrew Clinco ofDrab Majesty), retro-futurist body music ("Dry," "Scene Ballerina," "BowTie Eater"), and cheeky glitterball pop ("Take It Or Leave It," "Heart FullOf Poison" co-produced by Roderick Edens and Andrew Briggs). Shelikens the eclectic spectrum of moods to the continuum of humanemotions: "Funny, sexy, sad, scary, witty, hopeful, menacing. Eventually itdeconstructs, turns into a party, and then ends sweet and soft."Taken as a whole, Triple Fire comes as close as any document yet tocapturing Jacuzzi's kaleidoscopic alchemy of pop sugar and chaosenergy, flickering between icy and ironic, chic and surreal, hungry andheartsick. Hers is a muse as rare as...