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Ssion (pronounced "shun") is a ten-years-strong art-punk dance/design/film collective from Kansas City, Missouri, headed by cosmic man-sisters Cody Critcheloe (singer, director, and sometimes graphic designer for the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Scream Club) and J.A.M. (producer, co-writer, and boho space-cadet mystery man).
Called a "no-budget Fischerspooner by way of Hee Haw" by the Chicago Reader, Ssion have toured with the likes of Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Faint, and the Black Dice. They’ve gained notoriety not only for their gay-disco-meets-punk-rock musical stylings, but for their outrageous stage shows and videos, which incorporate a harem of dancers and backup singers, comically cheap home-made props, supersized video projections, over-the-top costumes and make-up, and a Pee Wee's Playhouse visual style and sense of wonder.
Their latest release, "Fool's Gold," fuses synth-pop, new wave, punk rock, rave, and classic hi-NRG and Italo-disco to create a true sleaze-pop masterpiece: ten unstoppably catchy (and surprisingly witty) tracks alternating between raunchy dancefloor anthems and heartbreakingly sincere confessional pop. |
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