Attacks

I used to put the behemoth Clavinova in the trunk and drive to my friend's garage room, unload and play made-up, looping lines for them to rap over. You know, like Themselves or Sole-- old and weird Anticon stuff. I tell you this because Prarie Cat's "Better Friends than Lovers" has a keyboard line uncannily like one I would play, my favorite one, which was loungy and goofy but undeniably cool. Cary Pratt (get it?) plays piano better than I do, and doesn't go the bizarro-rap route with it, but when I listen I can't help but recall crab scratching, no lights, the faint smell of paint.

Prairie Cat - Better Friends than Lovers [mp3]

The lovingly hand-painted Attacks! is shipping now at Catbird. Mine is green.

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This song found its way into Shuffle Songs last night, and I let it put me to bed.

God's house is a house of rest, after double shifts

I don't know where it came from, or who the Sheds are, but it's fantastic.

The Sheds - All You Need [mp3]

Looks like you can download Dad Communication, in full, at the Sheds' website.