The brand new Smut track “Contact & Go” is rooted in indie rock historical past, however not such as you’re pondering. Primarily based on the title, you would possibly assume the most recent Tomorrow Comes Crashing single takes affect from Contact & Go Data, a massively essential label which — similar to Smut — relocated to Chicago from elsewhere within the Midwest. But it surely’s truly impressed by “Time To Fake,” the enduring opening monitor from MGMT’s debut album Oracular Spectacular. (MGMT shall be the primary to inform you they solely not too long ago turned an indie band, however what does indie actually imply anyway?)
Right here’s Tay Roebuck with a proof:
“Contact & Go” is a damaged fantasy that was fairly instantly impressed by “Time to Fake” by MGMT. The pursuit of success and the daydreams we now have of “making it” are fairly simply shattered as soon as you set that fantasy within the fashionable world. The track ends with the conclusion that the most effective a part of music will at all times be the group you construct with it.” Within the track’s final moments she sings, “The basement flooded / The espresso burned / The van is damaged down / All of us take turns / Contact and go.”
The track is nice, by the best way. Watch director Kelso Antoine’s video beneath.
Tomorrow Comes Crashing is out 6/27 through Bayonet. Pre-order it!