February 26th, 2010 10:45am
You Can’t Keep On Preaching
Quadron “Buster Keaton”
They used to call this sort of thing “sophisti-pop”, right? Immaculate, subtly synthetic versions of classic soul, with a bit of ironic distance contrasted with polite earnestness. “Buster Keaton” is a hard song to pin down — from moment to moment, the band is referring to totally different eras of R&B and pop, and though the basic structure and melody of the piece scans normally, it has an oddly vertiginous quality. I’m especially fond of the way the vocals and the horns in the chorus seem to swing like pendulums just out of synch with each other, though I could maybe do without the spoke “girl…” bit, though it is fairly cute.
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3/1/10 3:26 pm
I just realized this is Coco and Robin, who also work together at The Parallel Dance Ensemble. It’s a pretty different animal, but still in a similar vein. Robin Hannibal is one of the busiest dudes around (but I wish he’d get around to a second Owusu & Hannibal album sooner rather than later).