New Muscles - "My Friend Richard" (And Three Scoops Of "Ice Cream")
Aussie house hit factory Muscles just dropped Stateside one of the must-have LPs of the fall in Guns Babes Lemonade. Yes it's out, and hopefully you have it and have been dancing with your shirt off to it for a good while (he'd want it that way). But in case you don't, and simply out of an overwhelming need to write something about him to reflect just how deep we're into this album, here's the LP's opening track "My Friend Richard." Deceptively straight and simple house through the verses' intro, but then we get a big dose of Muscles' vocal animus, a kooky meltdown hook, and a nasty, fist-pumping second half. If Muscles has a party everybody is invited...
Guns Babes Lemonade is out via Modular. It's got a couple of tracks you have got to know, like "Richard," "One Ince Badge Pin" "The Lake," and "Sweaty" (check the "Sweaty" video here). Listen to more at MySpace. Another GBL banga is "Ice Cream," and actually it's been a great time for the frozen confection of late -- so after the jump, three sorts of "Ice Cream," in the hands of three fairly different bands.
First, in case you missed it during our hectic CMJ coverage, Muscles doing "Ice Cream" live at Studio B...
And for a scoop of the past, New Young Pony Club's own brand of "Ice Cream"...
And finally, Pissed Jeans "I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)"...
Make that last one a to-go:
Pissed Jeans - "I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)" (MP3)
"Ice Cream" is going to save the day.
Posted at 5:50 PM in MP3, Video
Tags: Muscles
It's so good to see decent Australian music receiving attention, instead... oh I don't know, Jet and Olivia Newton John.
Bye bye
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Man. Muscles used to post at an Melbourne music forum years ago, getting 15 people to his small shows in tiny bars. Good on him.
There's just enough humour in his songs for some people to get it, and the brainless nu-ravers to completely miss the point. It's really quite clever.
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Muscles is a fag and he always will be. He's just a pussy who's running away from the scene. Fuck him.
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He is one of the worst people I've dealt with. The fact he's getting even a small scale of success makes my stomach turn. Stereogum, so much better music in Australia. Who turned you onto this wanker? My comments are no reflections on the music...
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this shit is shit.
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this is the most awesome music i've ever heard
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I was really into "Sweaty" when it dropped, but after listening to the album, I'm over it. If I wanted a full LP of the same fucking song, I'd listen to Nickelback.
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"Hey Muscles I Love You"
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"He's just a pussy who's running away from the scene"
ugh im so sick of you little music elitist pricks who have to hate on people who get the smallest bit of success, just because you live in your moms garage and cant move on with life like everyone else does. i dont particularly like or dislike muscles tracks, just hate douchebages shitting on people anytime they dont stay in the exact same scene till they are 60.
grow the fuck up
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