Feeling Sick, Falling Down

Colder “Downtown” – I find that songs built around loops are best when the repetition is central to the theme of the overall piece. That is certainly the case with this track, which feels like some kind of horrible rut in life made tolerable by excessive medication and cheap thrills. It seems so effortlessly desperate and emotionally barren that I kind of worry for the mental state of its author. If they ever make a sequel to Trainspotting, this really ought to be on the soundtrack. (Click here for the closest thing to an official Colder site that I can find anywhere online.)

Krome Angels (featuring Vula) “Missing You (Sticky Vocal Mix)” – The r+b vocals on this song are somewhat generic, but it’s hard for me to put it down when it meshes so well with Sticky’s bright and bouncy backing track. The vocal hooks are generally effective, but the song really hits it when the half-sung/half-rapped part kicks in on the bridge and it sounds like a broken beat version of Destiny’s Child. (Click here to buy it from Juno.)

Elsewhere: I am this week’s guest writer for Seattle Weekly’s CDR-Go! column. Basically, I was asked to put together a mix cd and comment on the songs. Most of the selections should be very familiar to people who have been reading this blog consistently since the beginning of the year.