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June 07, 2005
The goodest of Nots
The Hot Springs - Cacodisco
So while it is true that I posted a Hot Springs song a little while ago, this song also needs to be heard very badly.
Giselle sounds like she's trying to seduce a tornado in this one (a francophone tornado, I should say), and if this were a Peter & the Wolf-style composition, the part of the tornado is played by the guitar (spindly, also alternately cocky and vulnerable), the part of the jealous ex-lover is taken by the bass (which advises her against wooing such a destructive weather system; its communication is both sensitive and agitated at points), and hmmm, the drums are some kind of mythological beast that arranges a miraculous reconciliation between Giselle and the bass, at which point the tornado spins out the remainder of its cyclical fury and decays into a soft gray breeze of regret.
The Hot Springs' debut EP, "Rock Partouze", is wrapped in immaculate packaging. The paper they used for the slipcase is extremely thick and has just wild tactile appeal (it was hand-screened by the cool folks at Serigraphie Cinqunquatre), and the EP comes with a lyric sheet that's printed on like business card-stock. Just a great release all around, which you should definitely buy (remember the thing about Insound- new customers get 30% off (starting on June 21st, actually); old, ineligible customers get orange juice coupons from yours truly). By the way, The Hot Springs are on tour (with Malajube, who I should write about soon) starting on the 8th, for those of you who live in Ontario. Said tour is sponsored by Jay Goldkixx et al.'s Pop Montreal project. Which reminds me- make sure you stop by Goldkixx, cause Jay and co. have started posting sweet songs again and writing about them in their inimitable way (check out the House of Love track!).
Posted by Kevin at June 7, 2005 10:03 AM
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