ARTIST: Cat Scientist
TITLE: Cicada
LABEL: Australian Cattle God Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 197kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 50m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-08-22
RIP DATE: 2006-08-18
Track List
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1. I Saved An Airplane 5:33
2. Cicada 3:47
3. Precipice 5:39
4. Fear The Stranger 4:13
5. Pink Dress 6:37
6. Brian Cincinnati 3:42
7. Drone In G Major 2:54
8. Rocks And Trees 5:55
9. Elf 2:31
10. Tornado 5:20
11. Church Bus 4:17
Release Notes:
http://www.catscientist.com/
http://www.myspace.com/catscientist
http://www.australiancattlegod.com/
There's way too much yang in the world presently. More yin. In the nick of time
comes Austin's Cat Scientist, whose Rae Craig and Brant Bingamon voice the
centrifugal balance down to the decimal point. Tom Tom Club's Tina Weymouth and
Chris Franz got there first, Imperial Teen blew it up post-Cobain, and now the
Scissor Sisters lead the field. None of those acts number among their lab coats
guitar Ph.D. Bill Anderson (Poison 13, Meat Purveyors), whose adaptability
stamps the title track's motoring riff, robotic sear of "Fear the Stranger," and
Iron Giant footfall of "Rocks and Trees." All five band members contribute
keyboards and vox to Cicada's incessant beat, Julien Peterson's bass powering
the New Wave disco pulse with drummer Cisco Ryder. This metronomic grounding
cocoons Craig and Bingamon's sushi chef wordplay perfectly ("Precipice"), though
again, the entire band harmonizes and are more effectively fun than the
Polyphonic Spree. Opener "I Saved an Airplane" sets the stage with the
electro-purr of Cat Scientist's theme song, sock-hop singing about cat sorcery
and air safety. Insects, dancing, and sex meets the the Molotov-lite of "Brian
Cincinnati," biosphere instrumental "Drone in G Major," micro-beatbox "Elf," and
watery bounce/bombast of closer "Church Bus." Good kitty.