100 gecs - 1000 gecs and The Tree of Clues ALBUM REVIEW

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So, here we are again. 100 gecs is back at it again. I’ve already spoken about the truly strange and experimental sound of the duo’s debut album 1000 gecs, but what if they made it bigger? Basically, The Tree of Clues is a remixed version of their debut album with bigger names to try and gain more traction and fans. There are people here that are known by a lot of people, cult favorites, and legends in the genre they’re home to, and holy shit there are a lot here. To save time, I’m going to list EVERY SINGLE PERSON AND ACT (in order of appearance) on here. Here we go: A.G. Cook, Charli XCX, Kero Kero Bonito, Rico Nasty, Injury Reserve, Danny L. Harle, Fall Out Boy, Craig Owens, Nicole Dollanganger, Ricco Harver, GFOTY, Count Baldor, umru, Tommy Cash, Hannah Diamond, Black Dresses, Lil West, Tony Velour, 99jakes, Dorian Electra, and N0THANKY0U. The last couple of tracks are live performances of songs that didn’t make the cut on their original debut record. Let’s get into it and see how it is.

1000 gecs and The Tree of Clues is an electronic album with (there’s a lot of this too) experimental, lo-fi, punk, country, R&B, bubblegum pop, rock, rap, emo, trap, pop, and indie-pop influences. The best term to describe this is ‘genre-bleeding,’ mainly because of how many different artists are a part of this record. Some examples of these include Nicole Dollanganger, a singer-songwriter with lo-fi and sadcore (which is the more depressing side of alt-rock) edge, and Rico Nasty being a rapper with a trap and even some influences of punk. There’s a lot happening on this album, and quite frankly, I can only say the same thing I said about the original album: This is a very specific sound that most people might not be a giant fan of, and I totally understand that. I’d even stand by this remix album being even louder than the original record if that was even possible. I guess you could say that The Tree of Clues is more accessible because Fall Out Boy and Charli XCX have had mainstream success, and this could be a good reason to listen to the tracks that they’re on.

Overall, this is basically more 100 gecs and for me, that’s pretty fun. While 1000 gecs is more revolutionary than this remix album, The Tree of Clues is a pretty fun listen to hold you over until their next record, whenever that may be. To add one more thing, this made me check out Nicole Dollanganger, and she’s pretty great. You’ll be hearing about her in the future on here.


7/10


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