Sam Gas Can - Life on Earth is Pure and Golden / Life on Earth is Hell on Earth
Lighten Up Sounds #44
Sam Gas Can's Life On Earth … (full title: Life on Earth is Pure and Golden / Life on Earth is Hell on Earth) has an abundance of alluring/alarming sounds, each one a mighty sonic axis on which the entire song—and then, when that particular sound gets stuck in your head, your whole day—turns slowly. I'm referring to: the garbled, manic vocals from "Intro – Beast" that may be lifted from a taped exorcism; the amateurish programmed beats in "Bachelor Sandwich"; and the tinkling keyboards in "Perennial Rebound," which call to mind a wind chime fashioned from the tiny wine bottles found in the gift baskets awarded at golf tournaments.
However, these sounds are playing catch-up to what's transpiring in "The World Has Turned Its Back on Me," a stripped-down and glummed-up number that leans heavily on the creaky, arcane elements of the country blues. Tick-tock percussion—possibly a foot stomping on the floor and a fist striking a wooden table—blends with vocals that sound like they were slowed down a tad. When you hear couplets such as, "They use my body and they take my soul / But everything else they just leave it alone," you want to send a greeting card to Sam Gas Can, and offer him hugs and candy.
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