Author | Michelle King<\/p>\n
Jef Barbara was introduced to me as the \u2018glam transgender king of Montreal.\u2019 That introduction came just a few days after Jef’s performance at\u00a0GayBiGayGay 2014<\/a>,\u00a0an all-day music festival that takes place in Austin,TX each year on the Sunday following the madness of SXSW. I was at GBGG this year, but tragically missed Jef\u2019s set, which I\u2019m sure was one that had the crowd swooning, as his performances have been described using such words as \u201cpageantry\u201d and \u201cdramatic\u201d and Jef himself has been likened to a cross between Madonna and James Brown. How can you go wrong with that?<\/p>\n Formerly of Jef and the Holograms, a short-lived project which saw the release of only one EP back in 2009, Jef Barbara’s new wave-inspired full-length solo album\u00a0Soft to the Touch<\/i>\u00a0had it’s US release on March 11, 2014 via\u00a0<\/span>Club Roll Music<\/a>.\u00a0Jef recently dropped a new video for the song \u201cErection,\u201d which you can watch below. The track is oddly seductive, with a simple beat, some nice doses of synth, and smoothy spoken semi-erotic lyrics. Also check out the video for Bowie-esque ballad \u201cAbout Singers\u201d and if you like what you\u2019ve seen so far, Jef\u2019s got videos for handful of other tracks off\u00a0<\/span>Soft to the Touch<\/i>\u00a0up on his\u00a0YouTube channel.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n