Jude Perl has a very distinctive voice, she doesn't sing with her accent like some artists do, but at the same time has a stand out voice in a similar way that Lily Allen has. Having created a 'funk-a-licious' album it will have you wanted to travel back in time to the 80's and go to a disco, but at the same time it still sounds very current. The album opens with the single 'Hungry and Horny' this is such a great introduction to the album, it's upbeat and features the disco element heavily. It's cool and fun and so well crafted. Demonstrating her different skills and styles to music with her funk and soul style used in so many of her tracks, 'Yetta' sees her edgier side as she plays around with some rock elements. She also shows her softer side with track 'The Better Life Gets' which opens with just a piano.
As well as having the upbeat element, she also takes it back a notch with the second track 'Can't Wait to See You' which is a lot more innocent and young, in my opinion, when you're just falling in love and eager to see your partner. It almost sounds like a song from a musical which I love. It's cute and fun with lyrics such as 'my heart belonged to you before I knew your name' it reminds me of a young teenager love and the repeatedly sung 'can't wait to see you' its probably the most innocent track on the album.
As well as the fun side of her album, Jude Perl also takes the time to take a few digs at the media and advertisements in particular. With tracks like 'Poison Diet' and lyrics like 'desensitised' and 'no time to reflect on this disaster' I can't help but think how gossip magazines are always trying to sell us weight loss tricks and these diets, I like the fact that she's calling them outright. Making a statement is so difficult these days, but Jude Perl has done it in such an elegant way. Along with the track 'Money Got in the Way' another track with a lot power behind it 'took the spark out of your eye' and how the person changed what they wanted to do to fit into society and follow the 'rules' that we don't even realise are being told to us all the time. "Music and advertising are so intertwined, which to me seems ludicrous, as they have such different goals, Music is supposed to elevate people and challenge people and advertising kind of does the opposite" is what Jude Perl has previously said and I feel like these two tracks in particular demonstrate this.
Within her album she also has these breaks of thirty seconds of songs that sound a lot like advertisement jingles. 'Sugar-Ohs' 'Sugar Stuff' and 'SugarHope' they are all quirky and not necessrily what you expect to appear on an album but at the same time they seem to fit in perfectly especially because of the premise and what she hopes to achieve with the album.
If you're looking for something a little bit different and quirky, I would recommend giving Jude Perl's Modern Times a listen. It's been crafter so incredibly. Check out Jude Perl's music video for 'Hungry and Horny' below.
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