I have no idea how to approach this little sweet EP. Each time I’d send it to anyone; they’d say it was so sugary that they got cavities from it. Consisting of Sir Mildred Pitt and Spacecake from Seattle, they make probably the cutest music known to mankind. Perhaps if evil dictators from around the world heard this they might decide to give up their wretched ways and start up a bedroom band.
Spacecake is the singer in this duet. Comparisons to Goldfrapp and Portishead are just, as songs like “Black Elk Mountain” definitely do follow those artist’s templates. Weird electronic effects begin and disorient you. The beats also sort of give away the duo’s linage (the EP was recorded in 1999).
The samples are the biggest part in this. It is obvious that the two of them have good taste in what to pick out for building songs, like an even kitschier Solex. My favorite on here has to be the song “Barefoot Girl Pebble Road”. This song is so saccharine I have a hard time determining whether or not it is meant ironically. “I’d like to start a family” the male singer croons. Really, I think this is probably one of the greatest achievements of Twizzle, the fact that they created a song so confusing that you are completely unable to determine their actual motive.
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