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Ice Cream “Peanut Butter”

Do you ever stumble upon a song and just feel like “geez, were they trying to make me happy, like, me specifically?” Because that’s how this one is for me – it’s like the platonic ideal of the sort of independent pop music I was searching for all the time in the first seven or eight years of this site’s existence. The tunefulness and danceability of pop, but with the edge of rock. But usually in these things, the guitar parts are pretty simple, and sound like riffs presented with scare quotes. The guitar tone on “Peanut Butter” is far more distinctive and interesting – it’s very similar to Robert Fripp, but if Robert Fripp was inclined to do a guest spot on a Peaches song. It adds a touch of shiny glamour to the groove, and contrasts nicely with the emphatic and passionate tone of the vocals, which deliver low-key spiteful lyrics. It sounds raw, but sort of elegant.

Buy it from Bandcamp.