'I Want That' is a stimulating defiance to those who refer to all experimental-electronic music as a disturbing or wearisome kind of music.The Anglo-German duo of Psapp joyfully play with a collection of broken rhythms and awry sounds, proceeded by jerks and jumps dissolving shadiness into a pleasing atmosphere. The dialogue between the furious sax and a jazzy-alienated guitar melts its fury in...
You know how a certain song or album will match your mood perfectly? I've found that song for me today. I'm not even sure where the track came from, but apparently I bought it on the iTunes Store at some point and came across it randomly in my library today.The song is Tricycle by Psapp, a band I'd not heard of until I found this song. I went ahead and bought the whole album from the iTunes Sto...
mmmm i have today off. today is the day i get my new piece. i am thinking about a bubbler, but i want to see what they have first. so, yesterday, i got my paycheck. and in an absolute fit of downloading-guilt, i went to volume. volume's my favorite record store in the area, i've been coming since i was about 10 - the owner's different now, but he's cool and actually about my age, which i t...
Just about every description I've read of this band tags them as "kooky" or "zany" or even labels them as a "novelty band." Perhaps my tolerance for these adjectives is lower than average, but I'm just not buying into it. Sure, there are a few out-there sound choices and production techniques, but Weird Al they're not. I regard Psapp's approach as creative rather than jokey. I mean, come on...
mmmm i have today off. today is the day i get my new piece. i am thinking about a bubbler, but i want to see what they have first. so, yesterday, i got my paycheck. and in an absolute fit of downloading-guilt, i went to volume. volume's my favorite record store in the area, i've been coming since i was about 10 - the owner's different now, but he's cool and actually about my age, which i t...
Lately, I've been more and more drawn to Toytronica. It all started with Lullatone and then moved on to Psapp and Gimmik.Watch this Psapp vid (if you haven't already), and know that there are still ingenious people in the world. :-) XOj