At the other end of the spectrum, Ale Hop’s Bodiless showcases an omnivorous pop experimentalism, combining elements of noise and washed out electronica with bursts of dancable, post-punky synth pop.
The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music (UK)
I met this artist Ale Hop when we played a club in Peru a couple months ago. I don’t usually have such a strong physical response to music when I’m tired on tour in a crowded club vibe, but her show was so loud and overwhelming, and the energy was amazing in the room. Her singing feels pleasantly demented and free in a way I like.
Julia Holter on Pitchfork’s Rising of the Past Predict Risings of the Future (US)
https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/10007-risings-of-the-past-predict-risings-of-the-future/
Ale Hop consciously interrogates an unsettled notion of self in Bodiless. The release’s title is especially befitting for music that detaches itself from any stable sense of presence while at the same time totally suffusing itself with identity. These songs do not seem to want to fix themselves into tidy completion, instead, they explore extraterrestrial forms—at once familiar because of our narrativizing efforts, but still a bit fantastical and speculative and conspiratory. Full of an inherent unknowing, which she embraces.
Tiny Mix Tapes
https://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/listen-ale-hop-bodiless
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