SPLICED LIFE /
MUSIC / DEAR READER
ISSUE 04
Dear Reader / Replace Why With Funny (2009)
I totally forgot about this little gem, but man is it killer for the car. Imagine driving
with a spring in your step, but in a way that doesn’t turn your travels into a scene out
of Carmaggedon (those poor Rottweilers).
It’s really great to sing to with the volume turned
up so high that even you don’t notice how poor
your singing is. You also might imagine that you
too can play classical instruments with gusto and
great skill. You’ll probably be pretty wrong, but no
one cares when you’re playing the air-violin at red
robots. The vocals are sweet as cherry-pie, the music
is accomplished-as-fuck, and the lyrics take you
on charmingly quirky journeys through the divide
between fantasy and earnest heartfelt-ness (your
face isn’t a word). “The Same,” a tale of benevolent
white guilt, may go a little too far into earnest
territory, but that’s what the skip button’s for.
BEST TRACKS
Great White Bear / You
know those daydreams
when you imagine that
you are the protagonist
in your own adventure
story (possibly even
viewed on flickery
film at the back of
your mind on a dull
concrete-jungle day)?
This is what the journey
part of the story might
sound like.
Never Goes / It’s a
sad one, but it’s kind
of hauntingly beautiful
and musically dramatic
in a “wow” way. In fact,
I really wish these guys
would start gigging
locally again. Give me
more of this loveliness
in my face, Dear
Reader!
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