Subburbia are our resident Brazilian house band, and they're returning with
a new mixtape titled LUV EXORCISM released nearer to the end of 2013.
They've found a new love for electronic music, as their past suggested with
their energetic cover of New Order's "Blue Monday". They've made a
friend in Labanna Babalon, a YouTube sensation and performer both as a
dancer and as a musician. It's very much a vibe as to why Subburbia have
collaborated with Babalon, as guitarist Marina Penny tells us: "She's a dope princess - we like her so much, and think this track
has the chaotic devil's feeling that blends very well with all dope crazy ideas
from Labanna."
Together, Subburbia and Babalon are two peas in a pod. As with all the
YouTube 'follow me' sensations, there’s always questions raised, and usually
answers given. Subburbia have drafted Babalon in not just for her ideas, but
for her vision which is shared by the four suburban musicians. "MaLIFE"
is unlike anything Subburbia have done in the past. To start with, it's not
neo-psychadelia or at all punk, leaving those roots behind, stored away to be
re-opened once again. This track is straight out of the 90s with the
synthesizer riff and the assertive bass beat which is common in Babalon's own
recordings. Subburbia continue to surprise, be it an electronic / hip-hop styled
track, or a punk rock / neo-psychedelia track - Subburbia still work with what
they've got, and the audience they have; loves it.
~Eddie Gibson