Not to puff it up too much, but Mom has…kind of gotten big? OK, more like “rising steadily” but since releasing an album late last year the genre hop-scotcher has gotten a decent amount of attention, and also appeared in an ad for Apple. This is all lining up for Mom’s next album, May’s Detox, to be a potential launch up even further. “Boys And Girls” works a bit as a calling card for new listeners, while also finding the creator using a lot of elements that have popped up before and sharpening them. Opening with guitar strums and quicksand-speed deliver, “Boys And Girls” eventually bursts open into a following-the-bouncing-ball dash that eventually dissolves into tripped-out, Mac-Speak-accented (product placement? Kidding) that then warps between tempo. For all this shifting, it remains catchy, and a winner for anyone familiar with or just coming to Mom. Listen above.
