“Liminal, but not limited!” Existential musings aren’t the usual fare for super catchy pop songs—so much to unpack, so little time. But when you’re the Boygirlfriends, and you’ve got the inventive wit of Amy Dala, ideas spring like sparks onto the page. So instead of drooping into some dry or saturnine spiel, “Liminal” skips like a lost Squeeze or XTC single into the often complex field of gender identity. Integral to this breezy vibe are the classy Cars-esque synths, which enliven the already bouncy mix and ramp up the cheese factor to extra sharp. And try not to crack a grin at the vocoder echoes in the verses! Honestly, I’ve never had this much fun disrupting binaries before, which, given Dala’s lyrics, is really the whole point: “Sit on top the fence / move your hips around / feels quite nice.” If ambiguity could always be as great as “Liminal,” then we’d never hear the phrase “existential angst” again.
The Boygirlfriends’ debut EP, Life’s Little Dilemmas, is out now on Bandcamp.
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