July 8th, 2008 12:16pm
In The Warmest Place
Catcall “August” – This song is a state of post-traumatic shock rendered in super-saturated synthesizers and a beat that keeps on moving, but only seems to pace around in a circle. As the music expresses numb confusion, the vocals convey a slightly muted form of anguish. At some points in the song, Catcall’s voice recalls Courtney Love at her most vulnerable, and that association serves the song well. After all, Love always excelled when we could hear her tough facade disintegrate into raw grief mid-track. (Click here to buy it via Catcall’s MySpace page.)
mrandmrsmays “B-05” – It’s hard to imagine this song even existing outside of the summer. The beat gallops in a loose yet static groove, the organ pops into the mix as if to say “hot enough for ya?,” and the female vocals are like a woozy, sweatier variation on Tina Weymouth’s parts in “Genius Of Love.” It sounds like humid heat mingling with an A/C on full blast, and hits upon a great balance of physicality, comfort, discomfort, sweetness, and sleaziness. (Click here for the official mrandmrsmays website.)
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