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Cate Le Bon “Mother’s Mother’s Magazines”

“Mother’s Mother’s Magazines” starts off feeling quite similar to Vivien Goldman’s post-punk classic “Launderette,” with its awkwardly funky bass groove, creaky atmosphere, and a wry sensibility. But Cate Le Bon doesn’t settle there. The song becomes more jaunty as it moves along, ending on an extended vamp in which horns honk rhythmically alongside keyboard lines that seem to wiggle and squiggle like worms. Le Bon somehow makes this weird, borderline unpleasant sound feel vaguely soothing. Maybe it’s in the way any word sounds nonsensical through repetition, or how the absurdity in the track is so jolly and inviting. It’s like entering someone’s eccentric but ultimately comfortable little home.

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