Much of the electroclash suffers from a high camp content. Detroit-based electro duo Adult. (indeed, with a dot at the end) is fortunately a favorable exception to this. Due to the paranoid punk vocals of singer and the combination of raw analogue, old-school drum machines and driven bass parts, their approach is more anarchistic than kitschy. Anxiety Always, their first official CD, goes straight
… back to the early eighties and musically recalls rebellious acts such as , and . The vocals, reminiscent of a female version of or to post-feminist bands like , give the whole thing a more aggressive touch, without immediately getting the urge to fight. Adult. radiates pure power. (AD)more