People won't be people when they hear this sound

[ciphergoth]

The music of the moment: Battles - Atlas

I cannot get this song out of my head!

It's playing in the office now.

I still haven't watched the video.

Updated 22:42 listening to it now for the fourth time today. I can't think when I last fell in love with a song so.

Comments

[aster13.livejournal.com]

mmm It's ok. It doesn't float my boat that much.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Wow! Insane yet awesome combination of Slade/Glitter Band-style heavy beat with very worrying helium-induced vocals. Madness! Where did you find this? I wondering if I should suggest it for the Poptimism playlist...

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Heh, we talked about it quite a bit last year IIRC.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

*crestfallen*

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[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

The managing director has been playing it on the office jukebox...

[henry_the_cow]

Is the helium effect deliberate this time?

The beat reminded me of the Glitter Band too.

[purplerabbits.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's the first time searching for a band got me a download of the album before a sales link!

[purplerabbits.livejournal.com]

There are lyrics which even I have trouble making sense of...

People won't be people when they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people, no
The people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town

The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The kitchen is the cook
The scissors are the barbers
The singer is a crook

And in the last repeat - The chorus, full of actors

[dfjdejulio.livejournal.com]

Makes me think, "if Alvin and the Chipmunks got infused with an eldritch energy from beyond the dark of space, this is what it would sound like".