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.
1,000,000,009 Synthetic Pop Duos.
Perfectly inoffensive and serviceable for what passes as this ‘synth pop’ thing. Wake me when it’s over.