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| Partie Traumatic | 
 enlarge | Artist: Black Kids
Label: Red Int / Red Ink
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2596
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4
MPN: 731783
UPC: 886973178324
EAN: 0886973178324
ASIN: B001AZI1XC
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazing August 6, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Its amazing and fresh! My favorite tracks are 1-7. If you're a fan of Cobra Starship I'm sure you'll love them. Check it out!
 Partie Fantastic!!! July 31, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
As mentioned by another reviewer, US quintet The Black Kids (much like Brit duo The Ting Tings) are suffering from some backlash; it's okay to love and laud them while they're unknowns, then put them down when they hit the big time.
Ignore the snooty critics, this album is one of the best I acquired during my recent visit to the UK, even my cousin who isn't really into Rock music found it catchy.
Agreed, they do not reinvent the musical wheel (they largely toe the same line as "Hot fuss"-era Killers, especially opening cut "Hit the heartbreaks", complete with pseudo Brit accents) but still, their brand of dance/rock is incredibly catchy, from single "I'm not going to teach your boyfriend how to dance", the groovy pair of "Listen to your body tonight" and "Love me already", the buzzing Chic inspired "I wanna be your limousine", the slightly more downbeat but still brilliant "Hurricane Jane", to the Duran Duran channelling closing cut "Look at me (When I rock wichoo)", every song is upbeat and incredibly catchy.
The CD comprises just 10 songs, and there's really no need to go into each track as each is outstanding. Partie Traumatic? More like Partie Fantastic!!!
I adore the Black Kids! July 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album is absolutely charming, even though it's mainly a rehash of previously released music. It doesn't matter to me - I can't get enough of them. Their energy is addictive!
A Little Bit Satanic July 26, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
So pitchfork initially gave this album a 0.0 review but later changed it to 3.3 but didn't bother to even waste their time writing a review, but here's what doesn't make any sense, When the Wizard of ahhhs EP came out they gave it an 8.3. A few months later they release Partie Traumatic which is essentially the same exact album with 2 new songs, the only difference is that there is better production value which to me makes the songs sound better, but then again, who really cares what pitchfork thinks anyway? They're nothing but a bunch of elitist hipster snobs who generally dislike everything and the things that usually get good reviews are garbage. Screw Pitchfork, try this album for yourself.
 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic 5.5/10 July 24, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Black Kids are the latest in a long line of "next-big-thing" bands trumpeted by musical tastemakers such as NME and Pitchfork, with their EP Wizard of Ahhs featured on numerous "Best New Music" lists. Copping heavily from the `80s, with a vocalist in the best Robert Smith tradition, and a deep bag of sugary melodies at their disposal, Black Kids seemed to have all the ingredients to make it big in the indie world. They're even from (Jacksonville!!!) Florida, and I have to give them credit for escaping that cultural black hole.
But as many bands do when the bullet train of Internet publicity hits them, smart decisions and good artistic choices tend to go out the window (see: Some Loud Thunder) in favor of cashing in on the hype. And so we have Partie Traumatic, Black Kids' debut album released almost a year after their EP but consisting of no less than four songs (all of them, in other words) from that record. That's 40% of this disc of "new" material. Sure, they've been "re-recorded," but honestly, everyone knows it's the same bleepin' song.
But wait, the songs are good, aren't they? After all, didn't Rolling Stone name Black Kids one of their "artists to watch" for 2008? Yes, the songs are good. They were good when everyone first heard them back in August '07. Catchy and irrepressibly urgent, the tunes bounce along on cheap synths and singer Reggie Youngblood's Cure-ish yearning yelp.
"I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" is the best of these four, although "Hit The Heartbrakes" comes in at a close second. Both cash in on quirky, appealing choruses and playful boy-girl vocal interplay. The sexy cowbell on "Heartbrakes" doesn't hurt, either.
Of the new songs, however, Black Kids doesn't seem to live up to much of the hype. To begin with, all of the songs sound pretty much the same to those on the EP, all four-on-the-floor beats and squeaky keyboards. Songs like "Listen To Your Body Tonight" and the title track seem practically interchangeable with the four from the EP, with only slight distinctions, such as a slightly more obnoxious synthesizer line than usual, to separate them from the pack.
Unfortunately, Partie Traumatic tends to coast along on cruise control for the majority of the album. Youngblood's voice goes from cute to tolerable to annoying by the middle of the album. That same needling `80s synth pops up in nearly every song, and virtually every tune skips along at the same vaguely dance-y tempo. And the lyrics are ridiculously inane, from "my girl's been a real whore / spending her time with Theodore" on "Love Me Already" to the unbelievable line "cuz it's so sticky in the Dirty South / it's hot as balls" on "Hit The Heartbrakes." Much like Youngblood's voice, the youthful charm quickly wears off with repetition.
At the end of the day, what Black Kids have offered up is a serviceable indie pop album that does present a number of viable singles and a glimpse at actual talent buried under a cloying affection for the `80s. One can only hope they survive long enough in the oversaturated world of Internet hype long enough to realize it.
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