Girl With No Face – Allie X

Year	Album	Artist	Stars	Score	Genre
2024	Girl With No Face	Allie X	★★★½	78	Pop	Synth Pop	Dance Pop

Girl with No Face is an energetic indie pop record that fuses dancy beats and 80s synths with the emotional energy of a dark wave/post-punk project.

Allie X really wears her influences on her sleeve, which I think is a bit of a double edged sword. What she draws from is music I absolutely love, and she does a great job of tapping into that energy.

“John and Jonathan” is essentially Kraftwerk’s “The Model,” with a Peter Hook bassline. “Black Eye” sounds right out of New Order’s Technique, with a melodic bass line and drum beat that mimics “Blue Monday” at times. “You Slept on Me” is a poor man’s “Blinding Lights” combined with the 1983 dance hit “Maniac.” “Off With Her Tits” feels like a modern, elevated version of an early Lady Gaga track or a mid-2000s Madana cut. “Galina” shares the same bouncy synth hits and melody as Charli XCX’s “Good Ones” from 2021.  The opening track “Weird World” is “Holding Out for a Hero” mixed with Shiny Toy Guns’ “Major Tom,” mix, while the closer has a little bit of Toto’s “Africa” to it.  

These are all good things that make “Girl With No Face” a pretty easy album to cruise through, but also naturally makes it derivative of everything that came before it. As much as I enjoy this album, I can’t really say that this new take on 80s pop is better than the Kraftwerk or New Order or Madonna cuts it draws from. Still, Girl with No Face it’s highly danceable, fun to sing along to and full of energy.