So yeah, I completely slept on that Bug record. This track is the “Paper Planes” that you aren’t sick of.
Nate Patrin’s review from last summer nails it.
” London Zoo..stands out amidst the recent wave of dubstep in a way that makes Burial’s Untrue sound like Music for Airports. But it also takes the Bug’s work into a somewhat cleaner, less abrasive area– it streamlines the sound, shaves away the distortion, and draws most of its impact from the rhythms themselves. Of course, “less abrasive” doesn’t necessarily mean it hit any less hard: Martin knows how and when to drop a heavy beat directly on top of you, and there’s a carefully crafted tension throughout this record, no matter how sparse or dense that beat actually is.”
If Los Angeles had a viable subway system, I can’t imagine I would listen to anything but this.
Download:
MP3: The Bug ft. Warrior Queen-”Poison Queen”
3 comments
Sach says:
January 31, 2009 at 9:48 pm (UTC -7)
I’m telling you, bump this on the way to a party and Flying Lotus’s Los Angeles while drunk smoking trees on the way back. It’s the musical equivalent of speedballing.
The Mix Mason says:
February 14, 2009 at 10:48 pm (UTC -7)
fucking DOPE
gruff says:
January 8, 2011 at 7:44 am (UTC -7)
pure murder