Well, sure, it's a female singing group. With five girls. From England. But I wouldn't be sharing the next Spice Girls with you folks.
This group feels like a new take on a cappella. From their website,
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The Boxettes have an unconventional a-capella sound with tight beatbox work set against dreamy, sundrenched harmonics- as each of the girls take turns in either narrating over a melody, providing chord work, beatboxing or fx sounds with their mouths... having started with a focus on Jazz interpellation, the band soon evolved and begun incorporating elements of hip-hop, drum and bass, motown and soul. These are yarns to recount, folk tales and fables of love lost, hearts crushed and empowered, made for live recital in a soulful hip-hop.
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Enough words. They've only released one song so far, called Free. When you get to 0:30, close your eyes and listen to the bass kick in at 0:36. After you say "WTF?", open your eyes and watch how it happens.
The Boxettes - "Free" on Vimeo
I'm still not sure if this is a group that I like, but I am definitely fascinated by them. I found them through another awesome video, a flash mob sponsored by T-Mobile. There was a female beatboxer doing some cool scratching, and she turned out to be Bellatrix, the drummer for The Boxettes. That video is here:
Yeah, I have a bit of an obsession regarding female vocal percussionists. Did anyone watch The Sing-Off? Courtney Jensen is a cutie.