National Music Reviews
Treasure House EP
Self-Released
Street: 04.29
Videoing = Animal Collective + Le Tigre / Blondie
Opening with noise guitars and heavy beats, Videoing sucker-punch you with this five-song EP in a wave of electro-industrial sound and don’t let you up until the very end. The opening track, “Under Water,” gives us a brilliantly pseudo-sultry dance song in which lead singer Jen Bradley effectively redefines ‘80s female electro-rock for the post-millennial era with each effect-laden layer. “The Fence” is poppy enough to make it to mainstream media—its simple, catchy lyrics sound as if Bradley is telepathically channeling Debbie Harry. On the last song, “Audrey Horne,” things finally slow down into a sexy ballad accented with piano and more noisy guitars, highlighted by Bradley’s swoony, lower register vocals. While I’m disappointed that this is only an EP and not a full-length album, I’m content to listen to this repetitively until I can get my hands on their next album. –Allison Shephard