Emily Osment
Emily Osment's Fight or Flight is a far cry from her Hannah Montana days. She's moved on from Disney pop and towards electro-pop rock beats.
Her 2009 EP, All The Right Wrongs saw her drastically trying to rid herself of her Disney image by transforming herself from girly girl to rocker.
In spite of the change, Osment came across as trying too hard with the rock pop tunes and the donning of a leather jacket and heavy eye make-up. It was the moody teenager phase of her career.
This time she seems to have got it right, although it still has elements of rock-pop, it's the electro beats that give her new album, Fight or Flight the substance.
Let's Be Friends was the first single to be released off the album and blasted her good girl Disney image to pieces with the lyrics "let's be friends so we can make out, you're so hot let me show you around".
But it wasn't until follow up single Lovesick was released that the album gained recognition in the UK. It became the sound of ITV2 in early 2011 which boosted Osment's popularity.
The songs synthesised sounds and electro beats make the track a perfect party anthem and a definite club hit.
Other songs from the album continue in the same fashion. All The Boys Want continues to push the boundries and force her Disney image further away when Osment speaks of "numbing up" like Novocaine.
Fight or Flight also acts as a coming of age album as tracks such as Marisol and You Get Me Through lose the electro beats, sex and drugs and speak about feeling vunerable, lost and moments of realisation and empowerment.
Osment's new sound is quite unlike anything around at the moment. She has similarities in her voice to that of Ellie Goulding, but has stepped it up a level with her choice of unusual beats and sounds, and it works.
Lyrically, this album isn't genius but that fails to matter as the catchy beats will have you singing the tracks without you even knowing it.
Overall this is a well balanced album, it will get you moving, with tracks like Gotta Believe In Something, Double Talk and Get Yer Yah-Yah's Out, whether you want to or not and now that Osment's ditched the Disney image for good, you won't feel as guilty for wanting to listen to her.
Fight or Flight is already available to download and will be re-released on CD in the UK in July.
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