“If you haven’t listened to Pussy Riot since 2012, when their Punk Prayer earned three members of the Russian feminist punk art collective two years in a penal colony, brace yourself. Though they’ve long since abandoned Oi!-by-way-of-Bikini Kill thrash-n-yell, this debut mixtape, executive produced by Tove Lo and stuffed with guests from iLoveMakonnen to Big Freedia, is a different world: kitsch, ”
“The Russian collective’s dance-pop protest mixtape arrives a decade after their guerrilla performances went viral across the globe. But its message is lackluster and belated, conforming to a shallow vision of feminist pop.”
