Dorian Electra- My Agenda

 This album is insane. Evey track is a whole new mixture of ideas that seem terrible on their own but somehow together turns into something amazing.

My Agenda might be only 25 minutes long but it fees like a complete project. There’s a (mostly) coherent narrative, a bunch of collaborations and amount of genre mixing I haven’t heard on any album in recent time. It’s a character portrait of an internet edgelord who goes through quite a journey turning into someone he used to go after. It’s a clever idea and for the most part it’s executed flawlessly. My one issue with the record is that I can’t figure out how does Barbie Boy fit into the narrative. Stylistically it also feels more like an Flamboyant B-side. Also by looking at the comments and reddit I know I’m not the only one who has that problem. Apart from that the whole album is stellar from front to back. There’s not enough space here for me to go over each turn it takes, I wouldn’t want to spoil too much of it either. Just know they managed to get a Rebbeca Black collaboration, as well as having both Pussy Riot and The Village People on a hyperpop track. There’s nu metal elements on this project, a few EDM drops, sometimes all during one tune. The more Dorian packs into a song the more entertaining it is, my favorites being My Agenda, F The World and Ram It Down. Slower cuts are nearly as fun, I love the instrumental in Gentelman and the closer Give Great Thanks is manages to make a romantic tune out of a BDSM story. Yeah, it might be much for people but it’s a perfect ending to the whole narrative. The lyrics are also quite funny matched with instrumental that sounds like a Charlie XCX’s love song.

It's not a record for everyone, I can absolutely understand why it would be a difficult listen for a lot of people despite its short running time. But every weird turn it takes, every strange idea is for a purpose and is done in order to serve the narrative. It’s simultaneously incredibly entertaining, at least for me.

RATING: 9/10