One of my songs of the moment comes from Trixie. British singer DollFace was a member of never-got-off-the-ground girl group Silhouettes, whose retro pop song "Surrender" Popjustice wrote about. Demo "Ms. Jamaica" has a very different sound than "Surrender," but I like it even more. Apparently co-written by Jasmine Baird, it's modern electronic pop with production elements that Trixie rightly compares to RedOne, though it's more a useful reference point for writers than real copying on the part of its creators. There's something special about how its synths slice and dice--gently--and about the attitude and delivery DollFace brings to the song...something very commercial but with just a bit of mystery to it--the sort of song that, like Mandy Moore's "In My Pocket," you listen to as you explore a new city...something that gets you hoping she and her collaborators will be able to keep up this level of material.On another front, "Boomerang," another demo on her MySpace, sounds really familiar to me--anyone able to place it?
