“Dark Dancing” is a demo that Fievel Is Glauque decided to release as-is rather than fully flesh it out, and I think that was a wise decision in that this recording captures something I find distinct and interesting about them. That is, they write these sophisticated little songs steeped in jazz and mid-20th century adult-oriented pop but perform them very loose and off-the-cuff, which ends up highlighting their eccentricity and adding a touch of rawness and naivete that would typically be lost in a type of
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“Bullseye” reminds me a bit of Tricky circa Pre-Millennium Tension and Angels With Dirty Faces , when he was trying to make his funk grooves as abrasive as possible to scare off anyone who liked the more overtly R&B qualities of Maxinquaye . But whereas his greatest stylistic trick was to double his breathy, muttered raps with the more soulful and angelic voice of Martina Topley-Bird, girl_irl embodies both his menace and Topley-Bird’s femme grace in her vocal on this song. The tone of the lyrics is kinda b
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