The Pleasure You Screamed About

Boyskout “You’re Not Around (Demo)” – “Kinky” is a highly relative word that gets thrown around quite a bit and as such can be something of a devalued linguistic currency, but there’s something in the drowsy, kittenish, matter of fact sound of Boyskout singer/guitarist Leslie Satterfield’s voice that makes me suspect that she’s not overstating anything in this song, especially when she qualifies it as something that would happen with her (pretty fantastic, judging by the lyrics of this song) lover long before any clothing was removed. It’s a song full of sweaty thoughts, and the sound of the music is perfectly matched to the lyric, falling somewhere between moody Pixies-ish surf punk and the slow sultry tone of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game.” (Click here for the official Boyskout site.)

Elsewhere: My review of the (totally, totally awful) Zach Braff/Paul Haggis team-up The Last Kiss is up on The Movie Binge.

Also Elsewhere: My new Hit Refresh column is up on the ASAP site, and features mp3s from The Blood Brothers, Pony Up, and Georgia Anne Muldrow.