Hair Architecture

The Brunettes “Her Hairagami Set” – The Brunettes were once a fairly standard indie pop band, but this new single finds them experimenting with a more baroque version of their usual twee sensibility. The lyrics are rather heavy on irony, but the tune sounds deadly serious and the vocals are entirely straight-faced, even when the guy starts crooning on the chorus. As befitting a song about hairagami, the piece is highly stylized, casual yet elaborate, and slightly tacky. (Click here to buy it from Lil Chief Records, but keep in mind a domestic version is being released by Sub Pop in August.)

Elsewhere: My new Hit Refresh column is up on the ASAP site with mp3s from Jandek, Life Without Buildings, and Black Lips.

Also: My review of Eagle Vs. Shark is up on the The Movie Binge. Please please please please please DON’T see that movie. You deserve better in life, no matter who you are.