100 gecs and the new sound of hyperpop

EPISODE 307

Everyone will describe the music of 100 gecs differently. To some, Dylan Brady and Laura Les make deeply satisfying earworms, tracks able to scratch the itches that occupy the deepest memory-holed corners of the brain. To others, though, their music is an "anarchic assault on the ears,” a quilt of all of the genres historically ridiculed in the popular canon: nu-metal, scuzz-rock, ska and 90’s pop punk are all fair game in the world of gecs.

On their latest record, aptly titled 10000 gecs, Brady and Les double down on the crunchy distortion and harmonics, creating tracks equally influenced by Primus and Eddie Van Halen as they are by their hyperpop contemporaries. The album reflects a Internet-core approach to music as a whole, shedding notions of “good” and “bad” music in favor of catchy earworms and intricate song construction. 

On this episode on Switched On Pop, we dig deep into the ethos of 100 gecs, and producer Reanna Cruz talks to the duo themselves about their eclectic sophomore record.

Songs Discussed

100 gecs – Hollywood Baby

100 gecs – Billy Knows Jamie

100 gecs – stupid horse

100 gecs – 745 sticky

100 gecs – Doritos & Fritos

Primus – Jerry Was A Racecar Driver

Ween – Bananas and Blow

Limp Bizkit – My Generation

Gorillaz – Dirty Harry

Future – I Been Drinking

J-Kwon – Tipsy

Justin Timberlake – Summer Love

Violent Femmes – Added Up

100 gecs – Dumbest Girl Alive

THX Deep Note

Cypress Hill – Insane in the Membrane

100 gecs – The Most Wanted Person in the United States

100 gecs – Frog on the Floor

Alan Jackson – Chattahoochee

Limp Bizkit – Dad Vibes