We were transported to the wacky years of the 2010s as MGNA Crrrta, a trashy electro girl dance pop duo from New York, took the stage to open the main Fizz Stage at Palomosa. The sound person was having a bit of trouble with the mix as the vocals were extremely quiet, competing with a wall of inexplicable bass. This went on for half of the set. But both singers/ DJs, Farheen Khan and Ginger Scott, didn’t seem phased as they blasted on through as song like “I.C.F.U.H,” an acronym that appeared multiple times on the visual backdrop. Listening to the lyrics, you deciper that it stands for “I Can Fuck You Hard,” which also happens to be the name of the duos website.
This trashy and sleazy energy permeated through MGNA Crrrta’s set and the visuals, sporadic epilepsy-inducing flashes of gaudy mansions or the duo smoking weed on bridges, matched the tone. For my personal taste, many of the songs were pretty one-note, but they had a lot of energy and, for the last few songs, bubble guns. They were a fine opener to Palomoa’s main stage shenanigans.
