Mixtape Friday

Friday has provided some excellent new music from the likes of Sego, Thao & the Get down Stay down and Black Moth Super Rainbow.  Of course intermixed with other new and old ones.

Enjoy,

8 Tracks Mix HERE

Spotify HERE

New Music Tuesday: Sego's EP Wicket Youth

Sego releases their debut EP "Wicket Youth" today.  They've released three songs of the five songs in anticipation for its release, but let's go through each song one by one:

"Your song's.....different....Sego"

1. 20 years tall -- Alright alright we start off with some straight talk dance punk.  Its different and edgy, but its the same different and edgy I heard when I listened to LCD Soundsystem. (Which is a great thing)  The song is like the principal in Forrest Gump, "Your son's.....different...Miss Gump.", but we all know that Forrest falls into wealth and ends up with his long lost passed around girlfriend in the end so he gets the last laugh......just like this song....what?  Anyway, the first track off the the new EP probably defines what the band sounds like and the rest of the tracks will follow suite, right?....

2. Wicket Youth -- ....well not exactly.  The next track is Wicket Youth......which is like taking off my ripped black jeans and putting on my white dress suit from Miami Vice and fighting drug lords while driving the $100k police race boat that they randomly have a budget for ......quite the contrast.  All the edges are as smooth as the keys on a keyboard, and what we have left is very catchy synthpop number.

Harrison Ford digging "Engineer Amnesia"

3. Engineer Amnesia -- We stick with the synthpop tone but dial it back a bit.....instead of Miami Vice we get Blade Runner/Terminator/Terminator 2.  I could very easily see Harrison Ford in his flying car cruising through the clouds with this song blasting as the human race is being exterminated by killer terminators below.

4. False Currency -- I would say this as close as we get to track one.  More straight talk but with less dance punk.  In its place is seemingly chaotic guitars, punchy horns and a steady beat that gets stronger as the song explodes to the finish line.  No bands or movie comparisons because I honestly can't put my finger on what this sounds like.  But the EP definitely hits its climax with that dance beat ending.

"Hey!!.....PARTED LIPS!!!"

5. Parted Lips -- Alright, now this is awesome.  ...its only 1 minute long, kind of the denouement of the EP, and again throws a different flavor into the mix.  I'd say that it sounds a hidden Beck track on the Odelay or Guero album.  Since Beck is my favorite musician this bodes well.  Its offbeat but in the best kind of way  You'll find yourself blurting out the words "Parted Lips" to yourself in a quiet room and yelling it to strangers on the street.


Overall, after all the flavors make the best kind of Kool-aid.  You'll feel really.... Kool.... when listening to it.

New Music from Sego

Today, the band Sego, born and bred from Utah, that now reside in sunny southern California have released their first single today called, "Twenty Years Tall".  The band has been posting regularly on social media eluding to the release for a few weeks now.  The song is much different than the computer voiced preview track they released to help build hype for the release or releases.  This song has edge and keeps you off balance during the verse, but then focuses the chaos to a very catchy chorus.  I'd be curious to what everyone's thoughts are on the track.  Feel free to comment.

Here is their new music video below.

Sego

Sego Sego Sego.....Sego Soon.

An interesting 1 minute clip left by Sego the band on the SoundCloud left a lot to the imagination.  The duo who live in LA but come from Utah leave this mysterious song? message? For us to chew on while we wait for their music to be released.  It'll be interesting to know what kind of music they put out.  From this message, you're not quite sure what it will be like.  Could be synthy rock or could be just plain Rock and Roll or something entirely different than the message/song.    The more I listen to it though I get more and more curious.  They've achieved their goal.

The band's SoundCloud is found here:

SoundCloud - Sego Music