Word On The Street [CLR021/PRNL061/KLP306] LP

Elle Barbara Word On The Street LP, 10 songs, 33RPM, a co-release with Perennial, Celluloid Lunch, and House of Barbara ELLE BARBARA is an underground superstar, community organizer, and unapologetic transsexual. Word on the Street is a genre-defying concept album that promises to become a cult classic and solidify Elle Barbara's reputation as an uncompromising auteur, champion of queer eccentricity, all-around visionary, and working-class heroine. Each track on Word on the Street, as well as being highly melodic, conjures up unique pictures composed of seemingly incongruous images such as corrupt justice systems, aliens, industrial food production, religious fanaticism, and the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. Word on the Street is a mixed bag whose conspiratorial aesthetic belies an anti-consumerism stance, and encouraging resistance against the advent of AI and other tools of technological oppression. Word on the Street is the American debut album by Canadian avant-pop singer