Allie X transports listeners back to the 80s with her album Girl With No Face — and she definitely knows how to hook an audience.

I think this is one of my favorite projects from Allie X to date. It’s a very uniform, cohesive body of work, and I think a big part of that is probably a result of her producing the entire project. Allie X, whose real name is Alexandra Hughes, wrote, performed and produced every single song on Girl With No Face – sometimes posting videos of the process.

She was able to execute her vision for the album exactly how she wanted to. Girl With No Face has what I would argue are some of her best songs. Allie X doesn’t shy away from some unconventional sounds, and it seems like it’s working in her favor.

Girl With No Face sounds a little different from her previous work — a little more dramatic and a lot more 80s — but the album works.

“Weird World” opens the record. When she released “Weird World,” Allie X called the song a “slap in the face” on social media. And it is. “This was the first song intentionally written for the album, and quite meaningful as it documents a painful and liberating transition in how I saw myself in the world, which ultimately became a guiding theme of GWNF,” she says.

On the title track, “Girl With No Face,” Allie X builds up the anticipation with an instrumental introduction lasting more than 20 seconds. The rest of the song follows suit, intensifying as it goes on – and there’s a funky little scream almost two minutes in that I really liked. This song didn’t grab me as quickly as some of the others, but it definitely grew on me. It’s great. Give it a chance.

Despite the title, “Off With Her Tits” has the greatest potential to appeal to a wide variety of people, and it seems like it’s doing so. Less than a week after the album’s release, the track already had more than 1 million streams. “Off With Her Tits” doesn’t have any musical introduction and just throws listeners right into the dark and moody world of the song. Not even 10 seconds in, Allie X sings, “My body is a prison / How can I escape? / Doesn’t matter what I do / I’m filled up with a hate.” It’s brash and aggressive, but it still has an infectious energy and a bouncing background track.

If I had to pick just one track, I would say my personal favorite from the album is “Black Eye.”

I’m not sure what Allie X put in the song, but whatever it is, it’s addictive. When this was just a single, I would have it on repeat whenever I listened to it. And while I’ve never been to a club in the 80s (because I was not alive) I feel like this song would have had everyone going insane. Not only does “Black Eye” showcase Allie X’s production skills, but it also highlights her vocals — especially when she’s belting out falsetto riffs as the song concludes. The track intensifies and then dissolves into satisfying bells and echoing vocals.

Overall, there’s just something about synths and upbeat songs and 80s vibes that I feel will appeal to almost everyone (just think of the wild popularity of Stranger Things). I still need some time with a few songs, but I don’t skip any when I listen to the album. Is Girl With No Face any good? Yes. Granted, her sound is probably not for everyone. Some may call it weird, others may refer to it as camp. Either way, I think it works.