Nothing is funny today really, so let's turn this into a music blog. Here's what I wrote about the new the Rapture record the other day in the Boston Globe. I forgot to mention how much this track "How Deep Is Your Love?" reminds me of "Thong Song." Hope my man Sisqo is paying attention.
New joints from The Rapture and Penguin Prison after the jump.
New joints from The Rapture and Penguin Prison after the jump.
New York’s post-punk-electro pioneers the Rapture invigorated the indie-rock world with their chaotic rhythms, disco beats, and tattered guitars melded with electronics. A decade of imitators later and you might not fault them for meandering further afield with “In the Grace of Your Love.’’ The expansive “How Deep Is Your Love?’’ revolves around a looping house-style piano riff, saxophone, and layers of dense percussion that build toward a spiritual righteousness you’d expect from a preacher on the saving-souls circuit. “It Takes Time to Be a Man’’ is a soulful slow jam over what sounds like a pensive hip-hop piano sample. “Come Back to Me,’’ on the other hand, features a disposable vocal from the campiest gay club in town, and the title track is a sodden heap of wailing. Opener “Sail Away’’ is a better execution of that same approach. With its meat-and-potatoes disco-punk beat and rousing keys, it feels like it’s reaching beyond the known universe of the typical club scene. Boston Globe
Here's the new single from NYC's Penguin Prison, a cat who first came to my attention with this gorgeous remix of , last year. "Whether you are male, female, black, white, gay, straight, five years old or 65 years old, what’s key about Penguin Prison and his forefathers' sound is the universal quality, catchiness and sincerity behind it all," reads the press release. Also universal? Not wanting to get your money fucked with.
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