Reader, you're going to have to forgive me if this one runs longer than the usual paragraph most other featured songs receive. Today's article is half review, half inspired editorial. Stick with me. A few weeks ago we featured The Chap's "They Have A Name" as our song of the day. Today, we feature a song masquerading as a remix of that track. It comes courtesy of Atlas Sound, and yes, he is literally masquerading – the music world is one large soiree, and Atlas Sound has just arrived in full costume, head to toe. His mask doesn't come close to resembling the person he's imitating, but it isn't really supposed to. After all, it's a costume party – guests are encouraged to run wild with their imaginations. His mask is adorned with feathers and excess superglue and haphazard sequins. There are crude ridges in the mold and a few cuts near the chin. It's kind of ugly but also elegant, in an asymmetric way, and you (gracious party attendee) most definitely like it because it fits the theme of the night. If it's the kind of thing where the host hands out awards, maybe later he'll win one in the category of "Best Interpretation on a Theme." Just as that mask shares only the most basic recognizable elements of human form – eyes, a nose, a mouth, ears – this remix uses a skeletal copy of the original drumline as a launching pad for something tangential, exotic, and overwhelmingly unexpected. At some point a second or two of the vocals jut their ...
Anytime
Reader, you're going to have to forgive me if this one runs longer than the usual paragraph most other featured songs receive. Today's article is half review, half inspired editorial. Stick with me. A few weeks ago we featured The Chap's "They Have A Name" as our song of the day. Today, we feature a song masquerading as a remix of that track. It comes courtesy of Atlas Sound, and yes, he is literally masquerading – the music world is one large soiree, and Atlas Sound has just arrived in full costume, head to toe. His mask doesn't come close to resembling the person he's imitating, but it isn't really supposed to. After all, it's a costume party – guests are encouraged to run wild with their imaginations. His mask is adorned with feathers and excess superglue and haphazard sequins. There are crude ridges in the mold and a few cuts near the chin. It's kind of ugly but also elegant, in an asymmetric way, and you (gracious party attendee) most definitely like it because it fits the theme of the night. If it's the kind of thing where the host hands out awards, maybe later he'll win one in the category of "Best Interpretation on a Theme." Just as that mask shares only the most basic recognizable elements of human form – eyes, a nose, a mouth, ears – this remix uses a skeletal copy of the original drumline as a launching pad for something tangential, exotic, and overwhelmingly unexpected. At some point a second or two of the vocals jut their ...