222 by Boron

"With the charts full of warmed-over disco and weepy Reddit-detective pop, I’d have happily accepted 11 high-end throwback bangers about being iconic and dressing like you’re on The Simple Life, as Boron seemed to tease. And as an homage to French dance music of the late ’90s and 2000s, from the euphoric filter house of Crydamoure and Roulé to Ed Banger’s heavy metal disco, 222 delivers. I hear Bangalter and Braxe in the compressed ecstasy of “iii,” the sweetness of Breakbot on “bbb,” shades of DJ Mehdi’s piano drama on “www.” “ppp,” a love letter to MySpace-era naivety, is served up in ditzy spoken word somewhere between Uffie’s “Pop the Glock” and The Teaches of Peaches. Boron reprises the affect on “zzz,” a song that busts the floodgates of a dozen “indie dance” memories I was certain I’d repressed. Not once in 17 minutes does the momentum fade."

Tracklist

1.	ppp	2:22

2.	www	2:22

3.	yyy	2:22

4.	zzz	2:22

5.	bbb	2:22

6.	rrr	2:22

7.	iii	2:22

Credits

released August 18, 2021

Written, rewritten, played, replayed, mixed, edited, remixed, mastered, designed, and put to bed with no dessert by ### from 2015 to 2021. Additional ears from Mike Blodgett at Sparkyland Studio in Oakland. The number 222 was brought to you by Stefan Jecusco. This album wouldn't be on your car stereo now if it weren't for Lenny Gonzalez.

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