In 2021, YEDM did a New Artist Highlight on Portlander experimental artist Jason Wann and his conceptual venture SINES which, at the moment, was on its third multi-track launch. Via that album, referred to as A Collection of Moments, Wann mixed all the most effective bits of synth pop and gave them a contemporary twist with dabbles of feminine vox accompaniments and totally different beat constructions. Not afraid to play with future bass, techno, bass home and, after all, classic synth pop, SINES exhibits nice promise to be the subsequent Odesza or Washed Out hybrid.
Not numerous followers or press, for that matter, knew that between all the beautiful and celestial synth pop releases, Wann was additionally interstitially releasing below a special venture title referred to as Blood Oyster. Virtually fully reverse in each manner from SINES, Blood Oyster is entrenched in booty bass, hip hop and lure with an emphasis on ‘booty.’ The aptly named Let Booty Free that includes rapper Honey B. Candy launched in April 2021 adopted by the even dirtier Pussy Energy in October whereas Wann and SINES music accomplice Kitty Richardson have been engaged on A Collection of Moments. It will need to have been a colossal mind toggle for Wann.
Designed as a tongue-in-cheek nose-thumbing on the patriarchy and its want to regulate ladies’s our bodies, Blood Oyster is about as deliberately nasty as a 2LiveCrew or a WAP with observe names like “From the Again” and “Throbbing Onerous Penis.” As these ironic assertion EPs which might be seemingly about objectification have been being made, Wann was changing into an increasing number of annoyed with the best way ladies are both exploited or repressed over the previous couple of years. This frustration culminated, because it did for therefore many People, within the Supreme Courtroom’s choice to overturn the Roe v. Wade Supreme Courtroom choice in June of 2022. Seen by many as the final word and most blatant signal that the US not solely doesn’t care about bodily autonomy for girls and folks with uteruses, this choice, made potential by the ushering in of two new far proper wing SCOTUS justices earlier than the tip of Donald Trump’s presidential has unleashed a wave of states winding again the clock to pre-1973 guidelines and rules. States banned abortion clinics and Deliberate Parenthood, made even early time period abortions unlawful (together with in circumstances of rape) and a few states even made it potential for fogeys who went by with an abortion to be tried for homicide.
With the dystopian nightmare described in Margaret Atwood’s fictional e book The Handmaid’s Story all of a sudden turned actuality and Atwood a prophetess due to Brett Kavanaugh and particularly final Gilead Spouse Amy Coney Barrett, a great deal of artists determined to protest what has now been occurring within the US for almost a 12 months. Together with the likes of Pussy Riot, Phoebe Bridgers, Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, Mariah Carey, Lizzo et al., Wann felt he couldn’t go away this problem alone. Abruptly a cheeky commentary on how ladies are utilized in media and abused in personal become an all-out protest with Best Hits. Stuffed with tracks from the unique two Blood Oyster EPs plus heaps extra, the 30-track Best Hits makes a daring assertion that it doesn’t matter what form of legal guidelines are locations on them, ladies’s our bodies self-worth an sexuality will all the time be owned by them.
Wann as Blood Oyster makes this assertion in probably the most enjoyable manner potential, with loud, colourful booty bass beats, unapologetic lyrics and so many catchy tunes. Watch out; you would end up singing the Daft Punk-esque “ASS” in your head at work or laughing on the one way or the other each sexual and creepy “Everyone Loves Raymond” at inappropriate instances. This complete “sequence of bootlegs” is inappropriate, after all, however that’s the purpose. A tapestry of impropriety woven with rather more experimental music and flare than we’ve seen from Wann to date, the album juxtaposes the pure sensual potential of ladies and humanity towards a few of its worst detractors so present what this oppression and management can really do. With so a lot of our idols fallen and a lot injury executed within the title of propriety, it’s time to take laborious take a look at rape tradition; simply ask “Dr. Huxtable.”
As if the Blood Oyster album weren’t sufficient, Wann has additionally put collectively an arty “sequence of visualizers” (who knew that album title could be such a enjoyable callback?) to go along with Best Hits. As a result of it’s a bootleg album, Wann has put the veritable film up on his Vimeo account at no cost public viewing. Not fairly as soiled visually as it’s musically, the multimedia facet of Best Hits takes the artistry of the album up a number of notches. Watch it with some good audio system on TV and also you’ve principally bought your self an at-home rave. Humorous, kitschy and filled with the love Wann has for girls that listeners to the album alone could not really feel, the visualizer film is unquestionably value a watch (presumably on some mind-altering substances).
Blood Oyster: The Film! from jason wann on Vimeo.
Even if you happen to’re into into booty bass or experimental bass or enjoyable visualizers, there’s one more reason to help Blood Oyster and the Best Hits album: all income from its buy on Bandcamp can be donated to Deliberate Parenthood in Amy Coney Barrett’s title. That’s proper, within the custom of Mike Pence, Ted Cruz and different anti-uterus rights politicians, Wann has determined that Coney Barrett must be the subsequent recipient of this honor to be reminded daily that those that worth the lives of ladies and kids will proceed to combat for his or her well being. The hyperlink for the album is right here (and in addition within the video above) however we additionally encourage followers of ladyparts in every single place to take up this petty (and vital) trigger and donate to the factor SCOTUS and so many different misguided politicians are attempting to destroy. And if you happen to don’t wish to donate, have a cheeky, horny little rave in your front room or automobile, courtesy of Blood Oyster.
