Do you like Lily Allen, Mika and Frankmusik? Then you will love France’s version of these musical abominations. Having supported the poptastic Katy Perry and appeared on stage with Britney Spears, the 20 year old Moroccan-Algerian, Sliimy (real name Yanis Sahraoui), comes funded by major label cash, gunning for teenage bedrooms across the land.
With dreamy, sunshine pop melodies and titles like ‘Our Generation’, Sliimy’s musical arsenal includes major chords, reedy guitars, sparkling synths and counter cultural references to modernity such as Myspace on title track ‘Paint Your Face’. Note that rhyme of ‘face’ with ‘space’. Genius.
Ultimately, though, Sliimy’s floppy French delivery is utterly flaccid; and this distinct lack of grit results in a thoroughly irritating, saccharine treat that will rot minds before teeth. When Sliimy does embrace darkness, as he does on ‘Mum’ (“I just want you to be proud of me,”), he still spruces it up with xylophones and the same synth wash that permeates the entirety of this hideous, vacuous record.
