Sassy raps and clusterfucks of synths reign on an icey scape of click tracks that stutter the same as the vocals. Cooing vocals swathed in echo and delay curve over throbbing magma that tinkles with little keyboards. As if The Unicorns metamorphosed into a hip rap group with nerdy synths and drum machines, actually, kind of like what Nick Thornburn of The Unicorns does sometimes (jamming with rapping hip hop friend Daddy Kev in Maui) but a tiny bit more aggressive and a splash more lo-fi and a dash more addictive. If you have a penchant for the unimaginable, cute and prehistoric, you may dig The Zookeepers and/or cute dinosaurs like triceratops. Beautiful World is the achingly awesome new song I talked about above, if your tastes are anything like mine you’ll listen to it a dozen times as soon as you hear it the first time. It’s a wonderful precursor to their forthcoming new album, Ballin’ Outrageous. Check out the band’s myspace for more material, including their previous album Giant Black Taco, which the band has made available for free download! Who ever said there’s no such thing as a free lunch…
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