Help Me
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| Aug 2017
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Wallace Brontoon
Reviewed 2017-08-15
Reviewed 2017-08-15
The transcendently goofy sample-art dance-polka-rpm weirdos with their first album in eight years. I absolutely love the Bran Flakes (friends of KZSU), from their strange found footage to the rich textures of their beats; this album evokes a brighter, more '80s synthy vibe, but more of the same great stuff.
RIYL: The Avalanches, Evolution Control Committee, Raymond Scott
FCCs on 13, 15, 21
1. (2:29) **** Stentorian instructor recording with bright fun glimmery jam. somber irish movie closing
2. (0:36) **** stuttering man speaks before swank claustrophic 80s cocktail party
3. (1:25) ***** Polka! Polka! Polka! With incredible incredible scat-singing breaks
4. (1:04) **** soulful thrusts within schlock arpeggios
5. (0:37) **** "potato chips, potato chips" some belching
6. (1:42) ***** intelligent synth, New Age and pundits and lush, lush
7. (1:38) **** Stately trumpets, soul beat, escalating "cotton candy"
8. (1:27) **** '70s trilling piano against various voices, very burgundy
9. (1:02) **** bugles into mambo into yodel into codeine-mumble
10. (1:56) ***** late-nite TV hypno synth with infomercial for WEBSITE then nightmare commercial hell
11. (1:07) **** peace on the beach, piano and breathey angels for diaper ad
12. (1:37) **** MIDI honkytonk with weird clipped "icanbewhole" gulping priestcowboy
13. (0:33) ** FCC: asshole. Big Bird spells asshole
14. (1:54) **** FCC: mumbled "fuckin' hell" at beginning. Swank angular, mod: "is god dead; of course he's dead" saxes saxes saxes
15. (2:02) **** chirpy '80s stationwagon organ against after-tv special advice. happy!
16. (2:05) ***** assembly-line polka against audio from vacuous YouTube "how do take a selfie" vids
17. (3:26) **** old school hip hop, shrill tinny "clap your hands", midi bluegrass, Home Improvement growls, a belch.
18. (1:09) **** AM pop sounds with station identification harmony singers singing stingers
19. (0:52) **** quacking, chaos. funny outro with sassy exec
20. (1:12) **** Chickens cluck over hypno beat
21. (0:59) **** FCC: bunch of fucks and more. Pleasant beat, nightmare swearing
22. (2:31) **** dreamy christmas xylo into aerobic workout, carollers
23. (2:52) **** lush atmosphere for storyteller, wall of sound and '70s wimp-rock, movie scenes of being trapped
24. (3:19) **** dissonant overlapping samples, "MELLO 102.9" takes you around smooth, soft sounds. so so soft
RIYL: The Avalanches, Evolution Control Committee, Raymond Scott
FCCs on 13, 15, 21
1. (2:29) **** Stentorian instructor recording with bright fun glimmery jam. somber irish movie closing
2. (0:36) **** stuttering man speaks before swank claustrophic 80s cocktail party
3. (1:25) ***** Polka! Polka! Polka! With incredible incredible scat-singing breaks
4. (1:04) **** soulful thrusts within schlock arpeggios
5. (0:37) **** "potato chips, potato chips" some belching
6. (1:42) ***** intelligent synth, New Age and pundits and lush, lush
7. (1:38) **** Stately trumpets, soul beat, escalating "cotton candy"
8. (1:27) **** '70s trilling piano against various voices, very burgundy
9. (1:02) **** bugles into mambo into yodel into codeine-mumble
10. (1:56) ***** late-nite TV hypno synth with infomercial for WEBSITE then nightmare commercial hell
11. (1:07) **** peace on the beach, piano and breathey angels for diaper ad
12. (1:37) **** MIDI honkytonk with weird clipped "icanbewhole" gulping priestcowboy
13. (0:33) ** FCC: asshole. Big Bird spells asshole
14. (1:54) **** FCC: mumbled "fuckin' hell" at beginning. Swank angular, mod: "is god dead; of course he's dead" saxes saxes saxes
15. (2:02) **** chirpy '80s stationwagon organ against after-tv special advice. happy!
16. (2:05) ***** assembly-line polka against audio from vacuous YouTube "how do take a selfie" vids
17. (3:26) **** old school hip hop, shrill tinny "clap your hands", midi bluegrass, Home Improvement growls, a belch.
18. (1:09) **** AM pop sounds with station identification harmony singers singing stingers
19. (0:52) **** quacking, chaos. funny outro with sassy exec
20. (1:12) **** Chickens cluck over hypno beat
21. (0:59) **** FCC: bunch of fucks and more. Pleasant beat, nightmare swearing
22. (2:31) **** dreamy christmas xylo into aerobic workout, carollers
23. (2:52) **** lush atmosphere for storyteller, wall of sound and '70s wimp-rock, movie scenes of being trapped
24. (3:19) **** dissonant overlapping samples, "MELLO 102.9" takes you around smooth, soft sounds. so so soft
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Charting
2017-08-17 — 2017-10-19
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 22 | 2 |
| Oct 15 | 3 |
| Oct 8 | 2 |
| Oct 1 | 4 |
| Sep 24 | 4 |
| Sep 17 | 2 |
| Sep 10 | 2 |
| Sep 3 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Help Me | ||
| 2. | Bill | ||
| 3. | Polka | ||
| 4. | Ride The Tiger | ||
| 5. | Potato Chips | ||
| 6. | Caution | ||
| 7. | Cotton Candy | ||
| 8. | Have You Seen? | ||
| 9. | Vacation Slideshow | ||
| 10. | Hey What's Going On In Here? | ||
| 11. | Comfort & Love | ||
| 12. | I Can Be Whole | ||
| 13. | The Letter A | ||
| 14. | Of Course | ||
| 15. | There's A Lot Of Things In Life Today | ||
| 16. | How To Take A Good Selfie | ||
| 17. | Clap Your Hands | ||
| 18. | Electronic Voices | ||
| 19. | Pinky Duck Wagon | ||
| 20. | Nope. | ||
| 21. | Friyay! | ||
| 22. | Dum Dum Dum | ||
| 23. | On The Moon | ||
| 24. | Dream |