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LP
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ESC 136LP
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Baby In Vain's See Through is a sonic taxonomy of resistance rock. It is at times upfront and confrontational, a little dangerous in the detuned dirge of Sonic Youth or sleazy fuzz shimmy of Royal Trux, emphatic and big, the lip sometimes curling into a sneer. At other times it is internal and contained, crystalline, shy and pretty like shoegaze, leading with fine dynamics, or filled with the faraway choral warmth of dream pop, the gentle unity of girl-group gang vocals, or the tentative joy of garage, where all the possibilities of kids with two guitars and a drum set were born. See Through is instinctive -- it doesn't mean to contain the history of DIY expression in all its rawness and vulnerability. It doesn't wish to look back. It is, ultimately, a record made by young people, about being a young person. Its themes include self-image, love and lust, risk-taking, abandonment and society. Children of the 21st-century draw strength from the children before them, forging their own splintered identities from the ruins and relics around them while never losing sight of the fact that making your noise on your terms is still the best first step in finding yourself and fixing your world in place. Baby In Vain is: Lola Hammerich Binzer (vocal, guitar), Andrea Thuesen Johansen (vocal, guitar), Benedicte Pierleoni-Nielsen (drums). Produced by Baby In Vain and Nis Bysted (Iceage, Chorus Grant). Mixed by Baby In Vain and Nis Bysted. Master by ET Mastering. All music written and performed by Baby In Vain. Additional strings on "Million" and "See Through" by Nils Gröndahl. Recorded in Copenhagen in 2019-2020.
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