Last time I saw, the electroclash outfit from Amsterdam, Baby Berserk, had its lead singer and fashionista, Lieselot Elzinga, climbing a light post. At the same time, the band played wicked synthpop outside a poutine shop in Rouyn-Noranda. With a new single and video entitled “French Manicure,” the new signee to the Mothland family is now announcing their third album, Psycho Dance Sleaze (out March 2027 via Mothland and Bongo Joe Records).
With its warm, 80s guitar hug, 808 beats, and bright synths, “French Manicure” sounds very, well, French— especially as Elzinga is singing in the quintessential Parisian dialect. With the band cruising around in a gorgeous, baby pink Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz while glamming out and running into some car trouble, the video is also a ton of fun. It looks to be shot with what looks like a Sony MiniDV camera or something equally as vintage with a nice fisheye an vingette. Blending with the warm analog glow of the music, “French Manicure” looks like the kind of video that you would find in a dusty VHS store.
