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Little Boots
Hands
By Emily Zemler
It’s a little unbelievable that the debut album from Little Boots (stage moniker of British musical artist Victoria Hesketh) is only now coming out in the States. The dance pop album, which has been out in the UK since last June, fits snugly between the recent hits of Lady Gaga, La Roux and Ladyhawke, pumping with electro beats and ready for nightclubs. Much of the record was co-written with producer Greg Kurstin, best known for his role as one-half of the Bird and the Bee. Many of the hit-maker producers here were elicited to turn Hesketh and Kurstin’s songwriting into chart-toppers.
“Remedy,” a dramatic song helmed by RedOne (Lady Gaga’s producer), has sold high numbers in the U.K. and for good reason. The track, with its theatrical sensibility is almost like Gaga’s “Poker Face” with more buoyant vocals. The rest of the disc is similarly catching: “Earthquake” is a theatrical number about a tumultuous relationship and “Stuck on Repeat” purposefully recalls Kylie Minogue. Don’t write Hesketh off as another blond pop performer, though. The brooding “Mathematics” was inspired by a Sylvia Plath poem and closing ballad “Hearts Collide” is almost poetic itself. Hesketh is no Gaga (who is?) but Little Boots is a relief from pop artists like Ke$sha and Katy Perry who only sing about drinking and cheap sex.
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