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Creature

No Sleep at All


Paris 

05/08/2009 - 

The anti-slump ammunition is here at last with Creature, a somewhat eccentric group from Montreal. There are two girls, two boys, and a whole bunch of musical permutations : rock, pop, disco, punk and funk. Put some fun back into your headphones with their very first album No Sleep at All, which was released in Quebec last year and recently became available on legal download websites.



When everything is right, why choose? Since 2004, the four members of Creature have been looking for ways to bring out the dormant divas within them. Kim Ho (voice, guitar) Cowbella (keyboards, voice) Sid-Z (drums) and Gina Simmons (bass guitar) know no limits. No Sleep at All, their first album, seems to be proof that their method works.

Eighties-style hip hop flow, Blondie-fashion disco-punk, plus the kind of electro-psychodelism Deee-lite made popular : Creature sets the tone right from the opening track, Who’s hot, Who’s not. Somewhere between Prince and the B-52s, the group likes energy and catchy tunes. The tracks unfold at the speed of light : Pop Culture, with its high-pitched voices and unstoppable guitar riff, Don’t be Afraid, with its jubilant pop, or the really rocking Alive, an invigorating anthem to old peoples’ vitality.

In this crazy atmosphere, the height of rococo is definitely reached with the jubilant Brigitte Bardot, in which a chorus designed for the stadium mixes with a Kool & The Gang-style groove and trumpet breaks. Toes and feet get moving under the rallying cry : "Dance as if no one was looking!"

At times, the tremendous Creature hit-machine lowers the tone with the hypnotic It’s over and the deliciously overplayed Property, fit for a stage musical. Far from serious, sometimes a bit predictable, No Sleep at All makes it clear that with Creature’s uplifting remedies, bedtime is a long way away.


Pop Culture

  par Creature

Creature No Sleep at All (AZ / Universal) 2009
Physical release in September.
Currently on tour in Quebec.

Ludovic  Basque

Translation : Julie  Street