New Half Cousin - "The Absentee (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix)" & Video

So what do you call a band like Tunng, or Simple Kid, or what have you? Electro folk? Folktronica? UK outfit Half Cousin proffer something else on their MySpace genre list: Acousmatic. Fair and true, whatever those etymological roots conjure is something like what Half Cousin offer, although the infectious single "The Absentee" comes more with a sort of solo Syd Barrett vibe, swabbed over with digi drips and laptop shading. The video draws us into the band's overall aesthetic more so, focusing on central Cousin Kevin Cormack awesomely strumming a guitar we don't hear, along with his Half collaborators from the Earlies and King Creosote in a sweet little practice space.

The track's getting a proper single release which features reworkings from Zero 7, Justus Koehncke, and "Collarbone" kraut pop crew Fujiya & Miyagi. F&M cover is dope. Grab it.

Half Cousin - "The Absentee (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix)" (MP3)

"The Absentee" single is out now on digital (physically in the UK on 10/29) and Half Cousin's Iodine is out now on Gronland (again, sorry, only in the UK). Hear more at MySpace.

Posted at 4:04 PM in MP3, Video
Tags: Fujiya And Miyagi | Half Cousin

3 Comments

AMAZING

Posted by: B mEEzeeo at 10/25/07 7:30 PM  | Reply
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who directed this video?

Posted by: Dan T. at 10/26/07 12:06 AM  | Reply
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Hey Dan T. -- I found out for ya:

Tom Haines directed the video. He also did the "Bullets" video for Tunng.

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/video/new-tunng-video-bullets-1.html

Posted by: scott at 10/26/07 10:02 AM  | Reply
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