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January 24, 2005
Caput Exlposion
Superwolf - What Are You
Matt Sweeney did the music. Bonnie Prince Billy handled the words. Superwolf. Grom-grom. It's really a shame, now that I think of it, that albums don't have the same sort of lame-a-tronic taglines that movies do, e.g. "Last time they Turned on the Bright Lights. Now they're just fucking around. Interpol - ANTICS.", or, "The title means 'of or pertaining to a rogue'. Also there will be pirates. Decemberists - PICARESQUE." These of course are all bad examples. I'm sure you all can come up with some better ones (hint: in the comments!).
Anyway, this is one of the prettiest songs from the Superwolf album, and features Matt's vocals (I think), backed up by Princetopher Will Oldham. And some thickly static finger-picked electric guitar (reminiscent of Nico's 'These Days'). Matt (or Will, actually, as the author of the lyrics) talks about spanking and having a sundress torn off (it's from a woman's perspective, as made obvious by one line I won't reprint here), which = great. This song is a lover's gentle contempt.
Purchase it at this merchant's place.
Posted by matt at January 24, 2005 11:47 AM
Comments
Movie taglines are not 'lame-a-tronic' but I do like your idea of doing them for albums. Here are a couple I could think of-
Interpol: First they made you turn on the bright lights, now they want you to get in on the 'Antics'
van Lear Rose: Who says opposites don't attract? She's a little bit country. He's a little bit rock and roll- Jack White and Loretta Lynn present, van Lear Rose.
Snow Patrol: It's never cold with these guys! They will really warm you up with their album, Final Straw.
Wow, I definitly just spent 30 minutes trying to think these up (too bad they aren't even that good). Procrastination comes in several forms, I suppose.
Posted by: L at January 25, 2005 11:15 PM