The brand new Smut music “Contact & Go” is rooted in indie rock historical past, however not such as you’re considering. Primarily based on the title, you would possibly suppose the newest Tomorrow Comes Crashing single takes affect from Contact & Go Data, a massively essential label which — similar to Smut — relocated to Chicago from elsewhere within the Midwest. However it’s truly impressed by “Time To Faux,” the enduring opening observe from MGMT’s debut album Oracular Spectacular. (MGMT will likely be the primary to inform you they solely lately grew to become an indie band, however what does indie actually imply anyway?)
Right here’s Tay Roebuck with a proof:
“Contact & Go” is a damaged fantasy that was fairly instantly impressed by “Time to Faux” by MGMT. The pursuit of success and the daydreams we now have of “making it” are fairly simply shattered as soon as you place that fantasy within the trendy world. The music ends with the conclusion that one of the best a part of music will at all times be the neighborhood you construct with it.” Within the music’s final moments she sings, “The basement flooded / The espresso burned / The van is damaged down / All of us take turns / Contact and go.”
The music is sweet, by the way in which. Watch director Kelso Antoine’s video beneath.
Tomorrow Comes Crashing is out 6/27 through Bayonet. Pre-order it!