It’s a path that occurs way too often in pop. A promising young artist gets noticed for their idiosyncratic take on pop and then proceeds to be stripped of each interesting trait until nothing but a sanitised blandness remains. Back in 2009, Anita Blay aka CocknBullKid impressed with a series of singles (‘I’m Not Sorry’, ‘Boys And Girls’, ‘There’s A Mother In Our Bed’). Then last year’s debut album Adulthood was released and followed the above law. It was… a bit crap.
So another album leaked last week called Adolescence that features those early songs that held so much promise.
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So, apparently “Adolescence’ is out there on the internet somewhere…Seeing as it’s xmas, I strongly urge you to download it before it goes
— cocknbullkid (@cocknbullkid) December 23, 2011
For those asking ‘Adolescence’ is an album of my early songs. Not new songs. Was meant to be released properly but the (cont…)
— cocknbullkid (@cocknbullkid) December 23, 2011
Adolescence is not perfect but it does offer up an alternative non-sanitised reality.
Download it CocknBullKid – Adolescence.zip.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
