{"product_id":"negative-gemini-bad-baby-splatter-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","title":"Negative Gemini: Bad Baby (Splatter Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI’ve put myself on a sort of cassette embargo\u003c\/i\u003e after accumulating stacks and stacks of tapes that never really get played. And I had just about convinced myself to be a bad baby and the pull the trigger on the cassette version of this latest EP from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=negative+gemini\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNegative Gemini,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e when a surprise vinyl edition magically touched down here at Lab HQ straight from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?\u0026amp;q=100%25%20Electronica\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Negative%20Gemini%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22George%20Clanton%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e100% Electronica\u003c\/a\u003e, the label \u003cstrong\u003eNegative Gemini\u003c\/strong\u003e (nee \u003cstrong\u003eLindsey French\u003c\/strong\u003e) runs with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=George+Clanton\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Clanton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Her \u003cem\u003eBody Work\u003c\/em\u003e LP was ubiquitously hyped in 2016, but this one seems to crystalize all her strengths into a short and sweet package, drawing inspiration from the 6-string balladeering of 90s dreampop, vintage \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=4AD\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e4AD\u003c\/a\u003e-grade vocal etherea and late nite MTV electronica; like a feminine counterpoint to \u003cstrong\u003eClanton\u003c\/strong\u003e’s recent \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=George+Clanton+Slide\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e LP. Opener “Infin Path” draws you into \u003cstrong\u003eNegative Gemini\u003c\/strong\u003e’s dreamworld, where vaporous pads cascade into jungle breaks and lethal trap rhythms and \u003cstrong\u003eFrench\u003c\/strong\u003e’s vocals wax and wane between the cracks. She shifts her sights to balladry on the title track, lilting freely between moody garage (*garridge) shuffle and a gigantic wall-of-sound power pop refrain (reappearing on the B-side in ‘club mix’ form with nods to early \u003cstrong\u003eOrbital\u003c\/strong\u003e as well as a new remix by \u003cstrong\u003eSatin Sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e not found on the original cassette). Her melodic sensibilities (and guitar playing) are flexed strongest on “You Weren’t There Anymore,” one of the record’s gentler tracks but also the most enduring. “Skydiver” and “My Innocence” are dazzling as well. At just 7 tracks (2 of them remixes) you’ll be begging for more. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclear \u0026amp; fuschia splatter colored vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ealternate 'black edition' sleeve variant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: 100% Electronica 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by tom violence 02\/2019\u003c\/h6\u003e ","brand":"Negative Gemini","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":39762738151514,"sku":"lp-12732","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/negativegemini-badbaby-coloredvinyl-1.jpg?v=1759285082","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/negative-gemini-bad-baby-splatter-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}