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July 30, 2009

New Fuck Buttons - "Surf Solar"

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Well, this is some good news. Since earning a BTW assignation and killing at our SXSW party later that year, we've had to rely on the occasional epic remix to get a fix of anything resembling new Fuck Buttons. Until now, when the dance-minded noise sculptors drop the first sample from their anticipated Tarot Sport LP. Lead single "Surf Solar," which unsurprisingly clocks in at over ten minutes on the album, comes to us here pared down in a sexy, bite-sized 3:42, melding a four-to-the-floor pulse to stuttering samples smeared with an intense, industrial and somewhat evil sonic sheen. Please listen:

Tarot Sports is out 10/20 via ATP.

[Photo by Lucy Johnston]

Posted at 5:51 PM by amrit
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saw them open for mogwai in edinburgh last fall, absolutely brilliant, cannot wait for this new record, this is such a tease...

Posted by: chris at 07/30/09 6:22 PM  | Reply
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yeee-hawww

Posted by: Rhyannon at 07/30/09 7:09 PM  | Reply
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saw them open for caribou and they blew my mind. Street Horrrsing was one of my fav's that year. Can't wait for this record.

Posted by: dru at 07/30/09 8:22 PM  | Reply
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great track, can't wait to hear the 10 minute album version!

Posted by: omg at 07/30/09 8:30 PM  | Reply
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There's kind of a faint chorus/chanty thing going on too.

Posted by: Ivan Idea at 07/30/09 9:10 PM  | Reply
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Well, at least this is a tiny bit exciting to hear. But maybe that's just because it's good compared to that stinking pile of garbage that was Street Horssing. OK, maybe it wasn't that bad, but damn, it was pretty hard to listen to. Other than that one good song on it.


Posted by: David Mania at 07/30/09 11:51 PM  | Reply
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psh...pitchfork posted this like, days ago...i've already gone through the stages of not liking it as much as their old stuff, downloading it illegally anyway, letting it grow on me, and then hating it again because it's too popular. and then i put it on my year end list...

Posted by: Cody profile link at 07/31/09 5:00 AM  | Reply
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You just summed up the average Pitchfork reader train of thought better than anyone, sir.

Posted by: LOL  in reply to Cody's comment at 07/31/09 9:50 AM  | Reply
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this is better than most of the previous crap i've heard from them.... also sounds a bit Dan Deaconish.

Posted by: ed at 07/31/09 9:35 AM  | Reply
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I think it's quite good. Their debut was my second favourite album from last year. I would love to hear the 10 minute version.

Posted by: TrkyLym profile link at 07/31/09 3:16 PM  | Reply
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You know, it sounds more like a remix of a Fuck Buttons song than an actual Fuck Buttons song.

Posted by: Ivan Idea at 07/31/09 4:15 PM  | Reply
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It sounds more like a Fuck Buttons cover band remixed by Dan Deacon ghost-mixing as the Fuck Buttons on a Fuck Buttons tribute album curated by a post-Fuck Buttons James Murphy.

Posted by: franky at 08/04/09 6:10 AM  | Reply
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bitchin'.
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Posted by: psh; at 08/17/09 3:06 PM  | Reply
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