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Matthew Dear “You Put A Smell On Me”

The title is lewd, but not quite as lewd as the synthesizers sound. The synths writhe and thrust with the beat, essentially abstract but leaving very little to the imagination. The lyrics are mostly intentionally flimsy double-entendres, to the point that it’s almost sort of cute that he’s even trying to be polite about this. I like that the voice is a deep, breathy, garbled thing — not quite natural, it’s like putting on a costume: “I’m going to be this man tonight.” To a large extent, this song is about making a conscious decision to get sleazy. It’s about saying, “Yes, I am going to get out there and live this night like it’s a goth version of Prince’s “Erotic City.”” Or, failing that, a better version of Squarepusher’s “My Red Hot Car.”

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