BOSCO Reinvents Herself Again On 'Pacer'



Keeping up with the musical output of Brittany Bosco, or BOSCO as she now prefers to be known, is a somewhat tricky affair. Her excellent debut EP, City Of Nowhere, flew under a lot of people's radars, however things soon picked up for the Georgia native with the release of the Spectrum EP (which was later re-packaged and re-released as Spectrum 2.0). After the success that was Spectrum/Spectrum 2.0 it was announced that BOSCO was working on her full length debut, Black, but as is often the case with unsigned indie artists, there were numerous delays and hold ups. In the meantime we did get glimpses here and there of what we could expect, most notably on the rock/soul mash-up of "Ragdoll." BOSCO then went on to release -- rather quietly -- an EP of covers entitled The Haveknots and the song "Won't Give," a taste of an upcoming EP Me and the Moon, billed as "a project of avant-garde vignettes between the great [jazz] composer Moondog and BOSCO." Unfortunately, what sounded like a promising project didn't see the light of day, but instead BOSCO has dropped her latest freEP, Pacer.
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A glance at the liner notes that accompany the release suggests that, along with a name change, a change in musical direction was also in order. Stating rather emphatically: "With a new EP comes a very new direction for the chanteuse. Departing from the funk, jazz, and R&B tones of Spectrum, BOSCO moves now in a more introspective, more electronic direction." A possible reason for this change in style may be her choice of collaborative partner on Pacer. The EP was almost entirely produced my fellow Georgian Dogbite, a member of the American "chillwave" outfit Washed Out. His influence is clear throughout the six-track collection, whereas once BOSCO's strong vocals would have taken center stage against a backdrop of futuristic soul and jazz, it is now somewhat lost amongst the stark, distorted electronic beats and melodies. On the occasions where BOSCO's vocals do rise to the forefront they are often altered/distorted to such an extent that they are unrecognizable and incomprehensible.

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While I applaud BOSCO's bold artistry, willingness to think outside the box, and bravery in taking a different direction unencumbered by expectation, I can't help but mourn the soulful, jazzy stylings that I, and many of you, originally fell in love with.

Bosco Pacer [Official]

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