Beautiful Boyz Explained

Beautiful Boyz
Type:EP
Longtype:(Promo)
Artist:CocoRosie
Cover:cocorosie-bbz.jpg
Released:September 14, 2004
Genre:Folktronica, freak folk, indie
Label:Touch and Go Records
Prev Title:La Maison de Mon Rêve
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Noah's Ark
Next Year:2005

Beautiful Boyz is an EP by American musical group CocoRosie, released by Touch and Go Records on September 14, 2004.[1] The EP is only available as a digital download, though physical CD promotional media for the EP exists. The EP has been described as alternative, art pop, folktronica, freak folk, indie, and lo-fi indie.[2]

The first two tracks on the EP are the same as their namesakes on CocoRosie's debut album La Maison de Mon Rêve, though the eponymous track "Beautiful Boyz" differs from the Noah's Ark version, which features British singer Anohni.[3] The track "Beautiful Boyz" is an homage to French novelist, playwright, and poet Jean Genet.

Reception

Beautiful Boyz received favorable reviews. Google Play gave the EP an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 5 stars. Music website Rate Your Music ranked the EP the 210th best work of 2004 and gave it an average rating of 3.61 out of 5.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beautiful Boyz - Single by CocoRosie. 2020-07-16. Apple Music. en-gb.
  2. Web site: CocoRosie: Beautiful Boyz - Music on Google Play. 2020-07-16. play.google.com. en.
  3. Web site: Album Review: CocoRosie - Noah's Ark. 2020-07-16. DrownedInSound. en. 2020-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200716010530/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4206/reviews/12952-. dead.