Spank Rock – Cool S#@! / #1 Hit
Spank Rock‘s new album “Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar” is incredible. But we wouldn’t have expected anything less from the person responsible for one of our favourite ever records (“YoYoYoYoYo”), nor from an album that was in large part helmed by Boys Noize, alongside some other very talented collaborators and producers including Leif, XXXChange, Mark Ronson, Santigold and New Orleans bounce Kingpin (Should that be Queenpin?) Big Freedia. Having already posted once today we’ll keep this short but draw your attention to what are in our opinion two of the most interesting tracks out of a very strong collection.
“Cool S#@!” (no, we didn’t censor that ourselves) harks back slightly to older Spank Rock material, we’re thinking “Sweet Talk” especially, certainly in it’s funk-driven yet electronic instrumental and its straight-up hip-hop vibes. However, where “Sweet Talk” soared off into a glorious northern soul as it ended, ”Cool S#@!” takes a very different direction in it’s latter stages, straight into delicious squelchy acid house. It’s similarly grin-inducing, but for rather different reasons.
“#1 Hit” bangs much harder. Beginning with a UK funky drum beat before being accompanied by a bit of trademark Boys Noize electro bosh, the song then slightly weirdly turns into 80s synthpop, somewhere between Prince and The Human League. Then back to UK electro bosh, then 80s synth once more. In the hands of a less talented producer this could’ve been an absolute mess, in the hands of Alex Ridha however, it’s potentially going to be one of our favourite songs of 2011. You can watch the accompanying video below, which we won’t even attempt to explain.
“Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar” is out now, so get downloading and prepare to make friends with what may well become your favourite party album of the next few months.
Spank Rock - Cool S#@!
BONUS: Because it’s one of our favourite songs of all time and Amanda Blank doesn’t make an appearance on the new album AND because her rap is one of the best of all time…
Spank Rock - Bump (Feat. Amanda Blank)
