Jesika von Rabbit has dropped her new video for the single titled ‘Hooray For Hollywood’, from her latest album, ‘Hooray For Hollywood’, out now via Dionysus Records.
A retro-classic sound with perfect period mixing and mastering, Hooray For Hollywood is kitsch within a niche, which is what I love. This song is simply there. Unassuming yet brooding. Unabashed yet free of the confines of conformity. This is the type of song that becomes a cult classic in the ways that cult classics are cool. Watch out for that chorus; the vocals are amazing.
About ‘Hooray For Hollywood’
The eerie high desert enclave of Joshua Tree is famous for its spiky trees, their twisted arms praying towards the heavens. Just below lies Palm Springs, an area defined by retro-futuristic architecture and golden age glamour. If there is an artist whose music personifies this unique region, it’s Jesika von Rabbit. Her brand of Electronica Americana is indeed a head-spinning mezcal cocktail of the high-lonesome sound meets Hollywood razzle-dazzle.
Like a steampunk spaceship, Jesika von Rabbit’s latest release, Bunnywood Babylon, transcends musical space and time. Her ability to create déjà entendu brings with it an uncanny resonance, an instant familiarity where one swears they’ve heard her retrofuturistic music in a past life.
Quirky and poppy, “Pretty Dum”, “Wacko”, and “Aberdeen Martin” are instant earworms. Windswept and poignant, “Desert Rain” and “Hooray for Hollywood” touch upon her penchant for classic Americana. “Go Back to L.A.” and “Gotta Keep My Buzz Going” are raucous fuzz rockers. “What is Your Ism”, “Surf Music”, and “I Can’t Find Me” are celestial journeys for the desolate space cowboy. And finally, “Year of the Tiger” is as sublime a ballad as you’ve ever heard. Closer “Desert Rain” rings with authentic melancholy and longing.
Lyrically bold, provocatively thoughtful, cheeky, not preachy, this is pop music for the sapient. In an era where most artists just write the same song in perpetuity, Bunnywood Babylon stands as a work that is as original and remarkable as it is incredibly varied.
About Jesika von Rabbit
Formerly the frontwoman and chief songwriter of the trailblazing and iconic Joshua Tree act Gram Rabbit, Jesika von Rabbit has released two critically lauded solo albums, Journey Mitchell and Desert Rock.
Jesika von Rabbit recently won “Best Female Vocalist” and “Best Song” at the Joshua Tree Voice Music Award Show. This is in addition to “Best Female Performer” multiple years in a row at the Coachella Valley Weekly Awards.
Jesika von Rabbit has toured with the Eagles of Death Metal, and has performed at the Desert Daze festival, Camper van Beethoven’s Campout festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Stoned and Dusted festival, Tiki Oasis, The Casbah stage at the Adams Ave Street Fair in San Diego, as well as San Francisco, Portland, and Palm Springs Pride. She has shared stages with acts as diverse as Wanda Jackson, Cat Power, The Melvins, The Crystal Method, and Sister Sledge.
Jesika von Rabbit’s original compositions have been licensed to Fox’s The Masked Singer for a commercial spot, CSI, NBC’s Life, FX’s Better Things, The Real World, Sons of Anarchy, Crash, Hit & Miss, Crazy Stupid Love and War Inc., Grace and Frankie, a commercial spot for Fruit of the Loom which aired during the 2012 Summer Olympics, and Morgan Freeman’s film 57 Seconds.
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