Javelin, the reigning kings of junk yard pop (not to be confused with The Junk Yard Dog), dropped World Midi Classics Vol. 2 today, which sounds how you might expect: a globe-trotting, crate-digging array of forgotten samples, disembodied vocals, and sounds that lambently glide from African guitar to flamenco. The ideal sort of thing to come out on David Byrne’s Luaka Bop, the label that’s putting out album number two next year (in the interim, the band is releasing a limited edition 12″ on Thrill Jockey this month). As always, the tape sports a seasonal lemonade and sunshine vibe. For the locals, they’re playing the Smell next Thursday. I plan on going and demanding that they show me how to cook up summer in the winter, er fall.
Download:
MP3: Javelin-“World Midi Classics Vol.2”
MP3: Javelin-“Andean Ocean Tape”
