January 16th, 2009 12:15pm
Let’s Be Together, We’ll Be Fine
“3 Little Words” seems innocuous and sugary at first, but somehow the song conveys so much acute anxiety and restlessness that its 2:45 duration can feel very exhausting. This guy’s heart — literally and figuratively — sounds as though it could burst at any moment, and the music follows through, wrapping his emotional crisis in a bright, crisp synthpop arrangement that sounds equally frantic and romantic.
Buy it via Frankmusik’s MySpace page.
Captain Mantell - “Turn Your Head Around”“Turn Your Head Around” is another anxious synthpop song, but in comparison to the Frankmusik track, its tone is much more relaxed. Whereas Frankmusik deals with confusion and expectations in a pre-existing relationship, Captain Mantell is concerned with fear and attraction to a total stranger. Maybe this is why it feels so much more open and excited — it’s more about confronting possibilities, and trying to get yourself to act on instinct, and willing a desired result into reality.
Buy it via Captain Mantell’s MySpace page.
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