06/11/2025
FAULT Magazine X
LA-based duo Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton, aka Electric Guest, released their debut album, Mondo, back in 2012 – a time when indie rock ruled the roost and most bands were regularly churning out familiar, formulaic hits.
Meanwhile, Electric Guest went 5 years before following Mondo with their vastly different sophomore album, Plural (2017). 2019's KIN represented an even bigger change of direction. Fast forward six years, and Electric Guest have just released 10K amidst competition from AI 'artists' throwing down algorithmically-created track after track.
So if you're looking for consistency, go listen to an identikit indie-rock release from the late 00s-10s. If you want a predictable band programmed to provoke brand loyalty, give AI a try. But if you want to hear an artist searching for their voice, at times struggling with their creativity, then go and listen to Electric Guest. Their discography tells a story, one that started with $10k and (for now) culminates in 10K...
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📸 Anna Langlois