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Style: Pop
Burbank quartet The Velvonics claims that “If we can’t get your party swingin’, you invited the wrong people.” And after spinning their latest, this writer is beginning to suspect we are the “wrong people.” Their aesthetic is a dizzying cocktail of B-52s camp and Fear and Loathing disorientation. The spoken-word delivery, paired with beach-core psychedelia, feels more like a frantic hallucination than a cohesive groove. It’s an ambitious swing at a retro-kitsch vibe that’s clever in theory, though a tad too chaotic in execution. It’s clearly an acquired taste, one that will either enthrall you with its wild, quirky energy or leave you dizzy and slightly bewildered.
