Little Boots: Women Make Music
Since she emerged as Little Boots in 2008, Victoria Hesketh has been steadily regenerating, caressing her crystalline pop into bold new shapes.
Released in 2009, the same year she topped the BBC Sound Of Poll, her Gold-selling debut album Hands showcased a proper pop star willing to experiment, fusing massive pop hooks onto otherworldly electronic soundscapes, while critically revered follow-up Nocturnes succeeded in its aim to create experimental late night dance music built around classic pop songwriting. But it’s on excellent third album Working Girl where it appears she’s truly come into her own, creating a forward-thinking, constantly shape-shifting dance-pop album that you can delve headlong into.
Reflecting the freedom and control she now has over her own career – Working Girl was be released by her own On Repeat imprint in a new partnership with LA-based dance indie Dim Mak – it is a conceptually-driven album about trying to live in a hyper-active, paranoid and posturing modern world (but with massive donks all over the place). As well as a wry nod to the 1989 film of the same name, the album’s manifesto is multi-faceted.
“The album’s called ‘Working Girl’ because it’s very much inspired by my journey from the beginning to the present, where I am essentially CEO of my own business and run an independent label. It’s also fun and empowering to turn the traditional associations of ‘working girl’ on their head.” – Hesketh
This time she’s chiefly focused on futuristic beats, with a constant eye on big-concept contemporary pop.