Sure enough, both sides leave you wanting more, from the merry ’80s melodies of the title track–a song that could segue into “Holiday” quite nicely–to the black light-doused “Lord of Flies,” a Depeche-ian stunner for those of you who enjoy wearing sunglasses at night. In an attempt to make endless dance tracks a bit more digestible, Professor Genius launched Templo as a 7-inch-only label (sorry Serato jockeys!) with this 400-copy release. Professor Genius, Sweet Machine 7-inch (Templo, 2010)
Dig what you hear below? Then watch out for a Mexican Summer full-length in May. Sure enough, the Bitters’ scrambled “cave pop†transmissions are cacophonous and catchy, with Fucked Up guitarist Ben Cook fitting right in as Fogel’s AM radio foil. Why? Because she looks like our kind of crazy. To be honest, we picked this one up after seeing live photos of frontwoman Aerin Fogel. The Bitters, East7-inch ( Captured Tracks, 2010) Here’s what we discovered at Other Music earlier today… With that in mind, we’ve decided to start supporting our favorite record shops every single week and sharing our favorite finds, even if that simply means a 7-inch from some broke ass Brooklyn band.
#MEXICAN IN THE FIELD GENIUS FREE#
While self-titled certainly doesn’t field the same amount of mail we did five years ago, our ungrateful office still gets lots of free shit.