A tomboy
Denmark's Tomboy, aka Tomas Barfod, has been making eclectic dance music for few years now. His band-project, Whomadewho, made tons of top-ten electronic lists with their self-titled 2005 album, and we loved it here at MFR! After Whomadewho's extensive touring schedule of 2005-2006, Barfod made the smart decision to lock himself in his studio for a while to finish up his latest Tomboy project.
Coming off four successful EPs for Germany's Gomma Records (the most recent, 4, being an absolute killer), as well as singles for Tiga's Turbo Recordings, Parisian taste-makers Kitsuné, and the always-on-point Berliners' at Get Physical, Barfod presents us with his new full-length artist-album, titled Serios. The album features vocals by Namosh, Mia Von Matt, Mathias Modica (from Munk) and Danish singer Malou. The record is a total trip! With a handful of familiar bangers, it will definitely please the dance heads, including a version of last year's "I Kill Guitar" appears here as does "Finale I-O" and "Ist So Hot". At the same time, Barfod manages the delicate task of producing some fantastic, quirky, bizarre, but ultimately successful electronic pop songs, all of which come together as a very enjoyable, and highly listenable album.
Serios is released by Gomma on February 19th, and will be available via your favorite dance music retailers, which will likely include iTunes and eMusic. Also, for the vinyl deejays out there, Gomma is releasing a pre-album sampler EP with extended and dub versions of a few of the tracks from Serios.
Highly recommended.