Ears Wide Open: Waterbed

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When they were going by the name Mvscles, the duo of Cat Paternostro and Chad Montermini released two dollops of synth-pop that, as any ol’ synth-pop confection does these days, amassed thousands of online plays and led to deal with Warner [detailed here]. That relationship having ended, they are now going by the name Waterbed, joining the approximately 1 million synth-pop duos (900,000 in L.A., by our count) clamoring to be heard above the effects-laden horde. Last week they released the new song “Around,” which begins with some celestial noises and finger snaps before pulsing into a hallucinogenic candy cane. There’s not much in the way of payoff here, but the combination of rhythms and effects is cool. All together now: Wooooooo.

||| Download: “Around” on a name-your-price basis via Bandcamp.

||| Live: Waterbed plays the Bootleg HiFi tonight along with Wolf Prize, Cassandra Violet and Good Deeds.