Everyone will describe the music of 100 gecs differently. To some, Dylan Brady and Laura Les make deeply satisfying earworms, tracks able to scratch the itches that occupy the deepest memory-holed corners of the brain. To others, though, their music is an "anarchic assault on the ears,” a quilt of all of the genres historically ridiculed in the popular canon: nu-metal, scuzz-rock, ska and 90’s pop punk are all fair game in the world of gecs.
On their latest record, aptly titled 10000 gecs, Brady and Les double down on the crunchy distortion and harmonics, creating tracks equally influenced by Primus and Eddie Van Halen as they are by their hyperpop contemporaries. The album reflects a Internet-core approach to music as a whole, shedding notions of “good” and “bad” music in favor of catchy melodies and intricate song construction.
On this episode on Switched On Pop, we dig deep into the ethos of 100 gecs, and producer Reanna Cruz talks to the duo themselves about their eclectic sophomore record.
Songs discussed:
100 gecs – Hollywood Baby
100 gecs – Billy Knows Jamie
100 gecs – stupid horse
100 gecs – 745 sticky
100 gecs – Doritos & Fritos
Primus – Jerry Was A Racecar Driver
Ween – Bananas and Blow
Limp Bizkit – My Generation
Gorillaz – Dirty Harry
Future – I Been Drinking
J-Kwon – Tipsy
Justin Timberlake – Summer Love
Violent Femmes – Added Up
100 gecs – Dumbest Girl Alive
THX Deep Note
Cypress Hill – Insane in the Membrane
100 gecs – The Most Wanted Person in the United States
100 gecs – Frog on the Floor
Alan Jackson – Chattahoochee
Limp Bizkit – Dad Vibes
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