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January 30, 2005
Hobos Hitching Trains
the Cansecos - What It Was You Said
Not a lot of people talk about the Cansecos, which surprises me. Their self-titled debut, released way back in '03, was definitely engaging enough to be fawned over endlessly, but now they've been relegated to something like the 2nd or 3rd-tier of hyped bands. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
'What It Was You Said' breaks right out of the gate with an intensely locomotive beat and Boards of Canada-esque synth vapors floating up through the cracks in the floor. There's a guitar in the background, sounds out of breath. And a laptop that intermittently coos and purrs. My favorite lyric from this song is 'silence/ with no provoking/you must be joking/could you not hear what it was I said?', which just reminds me of long, aimless car rides and mysterious lulls in conversation, both of which seem to happen a lot towards the end of a relationship. This song is a new pop gem.
You can buy the Cansecos debut LP from Insound, and listen to some more of their songs here, and then also highly anticipate their next album, which according to one Canseco (Gareth Jones), is coming out this spring: "cansecos comin at you with a new record in tha spring! We promise lots of space funk and bass-wave neuro-pop!"
I was hoping for bass-wave.
Posted by matt at January 30, 2005 09:01 PM