Halsey Badlands zip up the influence of Sly Stone

the influence of Sly Stone and George Clinton's various groups is strong

it's all of Halsey's seemingly contradictory elements brought together that lend Badlands such a fascinating topography

staccato percussion

caught up in a fling

Boys In The Better Land

Halsey Badlands zip up the influence of Sly StoneAn internet phenomenon, New Jersey's Ashley Frangipane, aka Halsey, parlayed her over 16,000 YouTube subscribers into a record deal with Astralwerks at age 18, a deal based primarily around her moody, synth heavy single "Ghost." Two years later, Badlands finds the 20 year old budding pop sensation delivering a set of songs that sound a lot like that fateful first single. Which isn't a bad thing. The sound that defined her D. I. Y. music is still