Searching High And Low For The Attention I Could Get

James Rabbit “Spring Breakdown” – My heart goes out to the poor narrator of this song. He’s an emotional casualty of a mating ritual he only partially understands, and crippled by his selfawareness and desperation. He’s hurt and jealous, and sets out for some half-hearted passive-aggressive sexual revenge, but he just doesn’t have what it takes. All the boy can do is attempt to stave off his own worst impulses, but that doesn’t seem to work out for him either. This is fine new work from what is probably the most prolific pop band in America that no one has ever heard of – they’ve recorded ten albums in last five years, but none of their records have been commercially released and they rarely play live. That’s such a shame, since this song and many others in their catalog sound as though they would be most at home played out on a stage. (Click here for the James Rabbit website, which is more of a blog than a band site, really.)

Electronicat “Flesh + Accessories” – Virtually everything Electronicat releases sounds like the soundtrack to some sort of evil beach party, and this is no exception. The song starts out with an emphasis on the surf guitar, but that eventually recedes into the background as various synth sounds gradually dominate the arrangement. Interestingly, there’s a couple stray bits of heavily reverbed guitar in this track that seem to connect the dots from Link Wray to horror movie soundtracks. (Click here to buy it from Hausmusik.)