3OH3

I first heard about this emo-crunk-core duo around four months ago during their Katy Perry (urgh!) support slots on her European tour. A lot of new-age, down-with-the-kids terms have been following these boys around. Apparently they're on lock down with the 'scene kids', which can never be bad, because lets face it, if you want to influence someone it's probably best to infiltrate the most fickle of genre-hoping, fashion-swapping cock-jobs. But that's not their fault.

Their debut album 'Want' is a heavy fucking fusion of electro crunk-drop beats, Lil John 'Yeeeeaaahhhhs!', emo-core breakdowns, hip-rock meets Bloodhound Gang humorous lyrical flow and a whole host of synth screeches entwined with white-boy, middle class, girl obsessed rap. A mouthful at the best of times.

Usually I'm not one for music and humor together but here I'm converted. This is a fast-paced and exciting record that could potentially revolutionise the dance scene. The Colorado jokers who are responsible for this electro-hop mess are Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. They met in a Physics class while attending college together in their home town of Boulder, and after reading a number of interviews with them I don't think they're the type of guys to take things too seriously, and this couldn't be reflected any better in their debut record.

'Chokechain' is a weighty bomb-drop of scuzzy electro beats and growly, dirty-south crunk-drunk vocals that snaps your spine in two, while 'Don't Trust Me' is a rap-trap of emo-core and bleep-tweak electro clashes. The whole 'funny' side of this is admirable. The fact that they're really not too bothered about what people think or what substance-less scene they fit into is a good thing, all too often bands try to adhere to such worthless credentials with pathetic results, but not these guys.

What they've created, despite its tongue-in-cheek persona, is in fact quite clever. Their amalgamation of genres, production quality and the general catchiness of their debut record shows this band to have a serious side, and I believe that 3OH!3 are ones to watch out for.

Download 30h!3 - Chokechain

Download 3oh!3 - Starstrukk