Bathing Suits’ new single “I Can Be A Freak” detonates Estelle’s “Freak” into a snarling, maximalist sampled powerhouse, equal parts abrasive guitars, pounding techno, and raw attitude. Operating under their mantra, Always dancey. Always loud. Always sexy, they deliver something uncanny here that’s akin to riot pop.
From the first rigid bass drum pulse a twisted anthem emerges. It’s all feedback snarls, jagged synth melodies, and seismic sub-tones colliding. Verses are imbued with a kind of gleeful nastiness, a sentiment that the track embodies in every sinewy contour and throbbing breakbeat.
Produced alongside DJ Subaru (aka Benny Howell), the result is theatrical pandemonium refined, a lean and lethal sonic weapon. Bathing Suits harness the glorious chaos of their live sets and buff this single with a studio polish that channels their energy into structure without losing any edge.
There’s something perversely amiable about the brutality here, in spite of, or exactly because of, the feedback, the angular riffs, and twisting vocal delivery, listeners will find it impossible not to move, propelled by the songs relentless momentum. The band have taken post-punk noise and turbocharged it with pop ambition.
Bathing Suits might just skip the ‘UK’s best kept secret’ phase and go directly to cult freak show and beyond. This song feels like an open invitation to join. Lean into the noise and prepare to get gutted on the dance floor.
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