Special Interest / Spiraling
Album: Spiraling   Collection:General
Artist:Special Interest   Added:Feb 2019
Label:Raw Sugar  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-03-01 Pull Date: 2019-05-03
Week Ending: May 5 Apr 14 Mar 10
Airplays: 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 30, 2021: The Library (rebroadcast from Mar 6, 2019)
Young, Gifted, Black, In Leather
4. Apr 30, 2019: Attitude Adjustment
Disco Ii
2. May 06, 2019: indignant, insecure, in taco bell
Young, Gifted, Black, In Leather
5. Apr 10, 2019: Brownian Motion
Disco
3. May 05, 2019: MHz On The Warpath
Young, Gifted, Black, In Leather
6. Apr 08, 2019: wig out at denny's
Young, Gifted, Black, In Leather

Album Review
Danny Danger
Reviewed 2019-02-25
Danny Danger
Reviewed 02/18/2019

Artist: Special Interest
Album: Spiraling

The no-wave punk rock group, Special Interest, is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their music, seemingly genre-less, is described as angry, sexy, and riotous. Spiraling listens a bit like a mosh-pit party anthem from start to finish. Experimental, electronic, punk rock, dissonant, nihilistic influences.

Related Artists: Lassie, MAL FLORA, Apparatus, TV-MA
*FCC: 3, 5 - descriptions of vaginal discharge, various curse words like “shit”
Reviewer Favorites: 1, 4, 5, 6

1. Young, Gifted, Black, In Leather (2:49) – Audio recording of a Black woman speaking, prominent electronic guitar rift, aggressive strong singing, upbeat
2. Disco (1:29) – Broken glass, electronic guitar, frantic sound, screaming-singing, abrupt stop with a deep breath in
3. *FCC - Fluid (Bound 2) (2:19) – 80s-like guitar build up, electronic sound that is like the inside of a bee-hive, talking turning into screaming-singing, percussive cymbal under-tone, fade out
4. Art Walk (02:17) – electronic bongo, prominent percussion, soft singing (comparative to the rest of the album), strong background guitar leads the song, fade out into laughing
5. *FCC - Disco (3:07) – low-fi start, drums and cymbals joined by guitar, lyrics about social rejection and partying, fun feel – danceable
6. Nerve (1:59) – videogame sound, 80s background beats, electronic-y, self-deprecating lyrics, a bit disappointed that it was short
7. Service (3:36) – horns, popping sound, guitar (bass and electronic), talking-singing, twilight zone background dissonant feel, soft fade out
8. The State, the Industry, the Community, & Her Lover (2:42) – techno beating sound, electronic guitar build-up, screaming-singing, climatic feel from the fight scene of a movie, abrupt stop.

Track Listing
1. Young, Gifted, Black, In Leather   5. Disco Ii
2. Disco   6. Nerve
3. Fluid (Bound 2)   7. Service
4. Art Walk   8. The State, The Industry, The Community & Her Lover