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.
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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
