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Weekly mp3 #20: Tunng - Woodcat

These oddballs share at least one MP3 from each of their albums on their website and this is my fave of what’s on offer.

Rhythmic, acoustic guitar, picking out arpeggios with lots of major chords. Folky, in other words. Very English-sounding man singing disturbing lyrics about transforming into animals to a friendly melody. Clicking, kitchen sink percussion. Mellotron flutes. Rhythmic, clicking edits.

I'll look for a man to turn me into a hare
Just like they did when you did what you did
And the court came around and the verdict flew out
And the rats ran about and the change trickled down

And they left your brown body gentle and shivering
Back in the clearing with the deer in the evening
And I'll come and find you; small sleek and silent
And we'll live like lovers in an old wooden rhyme

And we're in for a lovely time

Right then.

Tunng are a British band centred around a duo of the guy who sings and plays acoustic guitar in a folk-y way and the guy who makes bleepy noises and does glitchy electronic production tricks. The songs often contrast happy or at the least peaceful sounding melodies with lyrics that have a real air of disquiet about them. Apparently when they play live there are heaps of members and they use all kinds of quirky things for percussion.

As with several other artists I've written about in my weekly mp3 posts, I downloaded this MP3 and thought it was so good I wanted to hear more... only to find out this is by far my favourite song of theirs.

Labels: music, weekly mp3

Posted at 13:10