ARTIST: Man Man
TITLE: Rabbit Habits
LABEL: Anti-
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 161kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 46m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-04-08
RIP DATE: 2008-03-20
Track List
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1. Mister Jung Stuffed 2:27
2. Hurly/Burly 3:51
3. The Ballad of Butter Beans 4:28
4. Big Trouble 5:05
5. Mysteries of the Universe 0:08
Unraveled
6. Doo Right 1:38
7. Easy Eats or Dirty Doctor 2:24
Galapagos
8. Harpoon Fever (Queequeg's 3:19
Playhouse)
9. El Azteca 1:43
10. Rabbit Habits 2:48
11. Top Drawer 3:26
12. Poor Jackie 8:23
13. Whalebones 7:14
Release Notes:
Part swampy juke joint brawlers, part smooth Philly warehouse doo-wop crooners,
a sprinkling of wild-eyed, demon-haunted art hustler, and a hint of punky
kindergarten playroom Pollyannas, Man Man bring their incomparable vision of
"pop music" to bear with Rabbit Habits, their Anti- Records debut. Having honed
their legendarily exuberant live show to hypothalamus-tickling perfection
opening for such indie stalwarts as Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire and Cat Power, the
band has captured the fiery spirit and essence of a Man Man show and etched it
into 45 minutes of the most raucous, weirdly moving, spiritually uplifting music
this side of Oppenheimer's great beyond. Stand-out tracks such as "Top Drawer"
and "Big Trouble" illustrate Man Man's ability to provoke and inspire in a
single instance.
Man Man's power isn't derived from the genres they stumble across, or the maniac
light in their eyes, or the sweat pooling in their beards. It's the unbearable
sadness in their marrow and how they transform it, like the existentially
distressed but heroically steadfast men men they are, into a terrible and
lionhearted joy." Pitchfork