If I ever got around to a top10 list of personal, irrational cult favorite bands, Single Frame would make it*, guaranteed. There's something about the immediacy of their yelp, their surging synths, they're everything right with music -- all punk sincerity, just tripping over themselves with ----
---- so there's this interview with Brian Eno where he talks about how early stuff from bands are just so thrilled with making __anything. The novelty is enough of a thrill to spur them forward on its own, and they never get trapped by stewing in perfectionism. That's Single Frame, falling forward too fast, grinning.
That bwoopy synth sound. Those borderline raps. That almost dancable groove. Goddamn. This collection, almost as much as the incomparable Wetheads Come Running, is incomparable. If they were a local band they would be my favorite band 4.5/5
* shortlist inclusions: The Unicorns, Self, Je Suis France, Grasscut
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obscureenoughforyoutolikemeyet? is a great band name
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