New I.U.D. - "Daddy" (Stereogum Premiere)

I.U.D. is Gang Gang Dance's Lizzi Bougatsos and art school chum Sadie Laska (who's worked with Growing and Extreme Violence [not the Greek death metal dudes]). The duo's full-length debut The Proper Sex, which comes out in a couple of months, is preceded by a 7" featuring the opening track, "Daddy," a mix of dub, deep clattering percussion, loops, and Bougatsos' unmistakable vocalizations. For those weened on "House Jam," this'll be more reminiscent of GGD's pre-Saint Dymphna material, but it goes elsewhere: "Glo Balls," which follows "Daddy," is a racket of strangulated crust-tribalism; closer "Girls Just Wanna (Time To Have Sex)" features guest guitars via seminal Guy Picciotto-led D.C. hardcore crew Rites of Spring's Michael Fellowes. The label's mention of Einstürzende Neubauten, Front 242, and Meat Beat Manifesto doesn't sound too far off in what we've heard: Ricocheting porn samples, punk howls and chants, crashing group drums. Wrap it all in Sparks-nodding album art and you've got yourself a pretty excellent offering. Listen to "Daddy."

I.U.D. - "Daddy" (MP3)

On the album, "Daddy"'s the opener. On the 7" that shows up sometime at the beginning of February, it's backed by a remix from Aaron Warren of Black Dice. The Proper Sex in full:

01 "Daddy"
02 "Glo Balls"
03 "Monk Hummer"
04 "911"
05 "Mary Unmargaret"
06 "Girls Just Wanna (Time To Have Sex)"

The Proper Sex is out digitally and on vinyl 3/24 via The Social Registry. It'll look like this:

[Photos by Jason Rodgers]

Posted at 10:24 AM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Black Dice | Gang Gang Dance | I.U.D.

12 Comments

So, this music looks really good.

Posted by: oh. at 01/13/09 10:44 AM  | Reply
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these pics make me too horny to concentrate on music.

Posted by: random perv at 01/13/09 11:00 AM  | Reply
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That's fucking terrible. Is this really what passes for music these days? Dear God.

Posted by: Barry at 01/13/09 11:24 AM  | Reply
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I was going to say 'hooray for the Sparks Big Beat reference' but then I remembered that that wasn't one of their better albums. Hooray for Sparks anyway.

Posted by: TD at 01/13/09 11:31 AM  | Reply
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wow, that is some hot garbage.

Posted by: frackjacket at 01/13/09 11:52 AM  | Reply
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How did 'Gum get this exclusive? I can't imagine anyone at the 'Gum listening and enjoying I.U.D. without knowing who is involved.

Posted by: Justin at 01/13/09 1:17 PM  | Reply
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You don't know me very well, sir.

Posted by: brandon  in reply to Justin's comment at 01/13/09 1:22 PM  | Reply
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i'm surprised you guys picked up on the Sparks homage and bitchfork didn't.

Posted by: Liam at 01/13/09 2:51 PM  | Reply
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What a horrible band name.

Posted by: J at 01/13/09 4:23 PM  | Reply
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Has anyone else noticed that she seems to have some sort of horrible burn on her stomach?

Posted by: AQ at 01/13/09 9:22 PM  | Reply
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looks like cake batter on her stomach..

Posted by: Tj at 01/13/09 11:39 PM  | Reply
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I.U.D is very enjoyable, and stereogum oughta be saluted for running a story on their new record. it's not even in the outsiders section!

Posted by: matt at 01/14/09 3:05 AM  | Reply
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