Peaches is a naughty lady/bitch guilty of delicious crimes in the name of gender-bending and electrosex. Her albums revolve around very select subject matter: fucking (not sex—this is definitely about fucking), fluid gender identities, and intentionally indefinable sexual tastes that range from men to women and everything in between. The music itself is comprised of the dirtiest electronic beats, often appropriately pulsing over her vocals that alternate between singing and semi-rapping.
I Feel Cream won’t disappoint long established Peaches fans. Admittedly, the beginning of the album is a little underwhelming. The songs are slower and lacking the heat that makes Peaches so sweet. Fortunately, things quickly pick up, as the song “More” promises to “whip this party into shape” and slyly notes, “seems you got a little bit more than you asked for.”
The title track is the album’s standout. One of the most danceable beats on the album oscillating along with Peaches deceptively angelic voice until a shift occurs that sends her back into a seductive growl for a few seconds while a new pulsing beat grows in volume until we explode climactically back into the chorus. Another song of note is “Show Stopper.” Driven by a fuzzy guitar and the Peaches signature growl, she promises her listeners to “rock [them] harder than a martyr in a holy war” and declares herself a “show stopper/panty-dropper/ everybody’s favorite shocker.” One a final note, Peaches provides her own take on the “cougar” phenomenon on the song “Mommy Complex.” As an artist unashamed of her embrace of all things genderqueer and “deviant” by traditional standards, it’s no surprise that she celebrates her age instead of hiding it, a tough choice to make in a world full of barely legal pop-tarts Bogarting all the masturbatory fantasies of America’s lustful youth. If listeners are not wholly convinced of her bad-assery at this point, then they’re not listening. Or they’re assholes.
Peaches is not for the faint of heart or nuns or your mother, but for listeners without prejudice, I Feel Cream is a turn-on and a party starter. It’s up to you to take those feelings and apply them accordingly.
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