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June 24, 2005
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>Giddy Motors - Hit Cap
'Hit Cap' is a song made of dirty fragments. It's a junkyard mosaic composed of paint chips, shards of old refrigerators, and the hatchbacks of a hundred maroon 1984 Plymouth Horizons. Giddy Motors traffic in rust, entropy, friction. For the first 1:38 of this song, Gaverick de Vis sounds like he's playing a guitar that's strung with bridge cable instead of nickel filament, and playing it with a straight-edge razor as a pick. (Although, hey, the song was produced by Albini, and if that man knows anything, it's how to get a barbed-wire tone on tape). There is a sax. Sometimes it goes with the groove, other times it seems more comfortable replicating the squawk of an angry crow. The drums and bass are unfuckingstoppable in this song though, switching between sweaty rock pounding and nimble jazz ellipses with almost feigned casualness. (Contrast this song with the penultimate track on "Make It Pop!", 'Venus Medalist', which is a sweet acoustic instrumental- or perhaps with the absolute insanity of 'Bottle Opener').
According to Fat Cat, the Giddy Motors have already written some material for their second album, which should (with any luck) be out before the end of the year. This is good news. In the meantime, you can pick up the band's debut LP, "Make It Pop!", over at Insound. Which, don't forget, is featuring a 25% sale for all brand new customers (I know I've mentioned it before, but I'm nothing if not thorough). Have a good weekend.
Posted by Kevin at June 24, 2005 02:44 AM
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