The last time I did a retrospective post was, um…never. So why now, why today? When someone’s EP (yeah, it wasn’t even a full album) literally shaped your childhood and pioneered a sound that a decade later has just about made it into the mainstream with artists such as Banks, Grimes, Lorde and to certain extent Lana…and then you stumble across it on an old iPod, it begs the question as to why this work of art wasn’t given more critical acclaim back in 2001.
Majandra Delfino was best known for her role as Maria Deluca in Roswell, whilst the series was on air, she released The Sicks, a six-track EP (featuring Ski-ming, Bruises, Oil & Water, Siren, Tattoo and Hell & Bliss) on her own record label, Dripfeed – on, wait for it, Halloween of 2001. Every single track was perfection and ahead of its time. It is SUCH an underrated record. She followed it up with Tarte in 2007, but The Sicks has this unparalleled raw darkness to it, lyrically and creatively that cannot be touched. If you’re in America, you can still download both on iTunes, if you’re anywhere else, your best bet is trolling YouTube (I’ve made it easier by creating a six-track playlist below), unless Majandra reads this (in which case she should absolutely put both records out on SoundCloud or for free download because they deserve to be heard). Even the artwork was on point.
