[Electronic] Antonia XM – It was awkward

Antonia XM‘s “It was awkward” arrives as a collision of sounds that shouldn’t work together and absolutely do. Written, produced and recorded entirely by Antonia XM herself, the track throws punky rock drums against club kicks, harsh bass against campfire acoustic guitar, and girl band vocals against all of it — the Vienna and Berlin-based artist building something that sits between indie electronic, electroclash and punk without settling into any single category.

The hook — “It was awkward, oh so awkward” — lands as both a confession and a declaration, and the…