The Predatory Wasp
House, post-punk, funk, Afrobeat and disco collide on the new album from Ibibio Sound Machine, Pull The Rope. Mama Says strongly reminds me of Crazy P as seen through a lens of afrofuturism and is absolutely essential for three-quarters of its running time, after which it transforms into a completely different, deeply irritating song that’s probably just best ignored.
There’s a lot of very interesting, gloomy music out today, including an EP called ‘murmuring chasms of nostalgia’ (come on), but it’s sunny outside and I’m going to a gig tonight so now is not the time for self-reflection and “thinking”. So instead here’s a bouncy indie disco thing taken from Girl Ray’s extremely buoyant new album Prestige to put a little Friday spring in your step.
It’s all been a bit serious on the blog recently – lots of moody electronic stuff which obviously has its place, but still – so here’s a big refreshing wallop of positivity for your ears courtesy of Stockholm-based-artist MIYNT that’s the result “a slow disco jam and too much fruit”, apparently. A bite of papaya is an immensely wonderful record, with the hushed, lo-fo vocals contrasting wonderfully with those big, open chords and ebullient percussion. A joyful, infectious triumph.
The Predatory Wasp 