2charm

All of 2charm’s wet dreams come true on star scum city – an album that takes star-crossed footy boys from the summer streets of Australia to the beaches of Barcelona. On their first album, the Melbourne-based duo (who hail from Brisbane) melodise about the intricacies of queer love when it suffocates on small town streets and how it is born anew in ecstasy under the blinding strobe lights of European dancefloors. From top to bottom they have outgrown their hometown. So here is 2charm’s first-of-its-genre ‘gooner pop’ album – inspired by the EDM techno sleaze sounds of deadmau5, Sophie, Skrillex and Zedd and created in collaboration with Ninajirachi, 1tbsp and Simon Lam (Kllo, Armlock) – and it sounds worlds away from growing pains and uncertainty. Their escape to the big city is all about their newfound self-hood and it booms out with sparkling confidence.