Sunday, September 30, 2012

Everybody dance the dinosaur


Coyote Clean Up / DenMother - Doubledamage / T-Rex
I Had An Accident Records


Coyote Clean Up urges you to dance; DenMother urges you to dinosaur.

Coyote Clean Up's "Doubledamage," the A side to this split cassette single, features hip-agitating beats and breathy female vocals and twisty, warped synthesizers, and this little, drop-of-liquid-sounding percussive bit that calls to mind the intro to A Guy Called Gerald's acid house anthem "Voodoo Ray," while simultaneously reminding me of that popping sound you make with your finger and your mouth. Two minutes in, I surrendered myself completely.

DenMother's "T-Rex," the B side, is driven by two-ton, pummeling beats. It's like standing 25 yards away from a working pile pounder. The synthesizer is played one drawn-out note at a time creating a sense of perpetual tension. The vocals are muddled and laden with echo, and since your ear can only pick out certain words and phrases (i.e., "Make you go crazy") it sounds like someone talking as they drift in and out of consciousness. The song just plods along—you know, like a Tyrannosaurus rex, which I imagine was DenMother's intent.

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