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Looking for something beefy in tight white satin trousers? Big on flatulent guitars and sulking vocals with spacey moog punctuation, Chicago's Catherine use the sound and style of '70's glam as the springboard to a colourful album. "Cotton Candy High" and "Don't Touch Me There" are pure-grade glitter trash; the glitzy thrust of "Vegas Glam" speaks for itself. But Hot Saki is not all mincing about to quadruple tracked handclaps. The affecting "Milkshake" introduces and introspective acoustic tone which opens Catherine's options considerably. The similarly downcast "Blacklight" and "Punch me Out" (one of two tracks featuring D'Arcy Pumpkin) add depth to an album that intrigues and confuses before revealing it's ample treasures.
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