Cool Band Alert - Gelli Haha

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Name: Gelli Haha
From: Los Angeles, California
RIYL: Magdalena Bay, Animal Collective, Caroline Rose, Locate S1, Tom Tom Club, Caroline Polachek
The Gist: Bounce house anthems made by demented cheerleaders who only wear red

Gelli Haha’s insouciant electro pop makes ya feel like you’re watching Saturday morning cartoons as an adult while eating an ice cream sandwich for breakfast—a cheeky but (mostly) harmless bout of bad behavior dusted with sugar and fueled by fun, fun, fun. For debut full-length Switcheroo, Haha (???) teams with Sean Guerin of latter-day dance punks De Lux to deliver a veritable buffet of dancefloor-ready sounds, from bubbly disco rave-ups and gritty underground club bangers, to stretched out slow jams that ache with sincerity. The button-mashing pair’s voracious approach to vintage studio gear means Switcheroo is packed to the gills with wacky effects and eccentric interjections, but it’s all in good taste (and even when it’s not, it is). Lyrically, Haha riffs on popular music tropes as gleefully as she plunders it for funny sounds, so there’s a song about cake and a song about Johnny and also a song about a pissing in a jar at a party.

Switcheroo is out June 27 on Innovative Leisure. Pre-order it.

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