the music makes me sick

i suppose the title of this inaugural post might like seem like an inauspicious beginning to make me a mixtape, but this is actually the name of a ripper new album and also the title track from it's a musical's debut, the music makes me sick. and as this is a debut of sorts, actually it makes perfect sense.

this is the kind of record to listen to after you have had a completely ratshit day. i'm talking, waking up on the wrong side of someone else's bed, banging your knee on the bed as you sneak out the door, and getting sprayed by a massive mud puddle while you're doing the walk of shame home, kind of ratshit. here we have twelve delightfully crafted indie/pop gemstones that demand you sit up straighter, smile brighter and get your happy on.

just like matt & kim, german/swedish duo robert kretzschmar and ella blixt have left the guitars behind in favour of sparkling keyboard chords, swinging drums and i'm guessing some sort of powerbook and appropriate music software.

released on the independent german electro-pop label morr music, it's a musical is snappy hooks, sassy rhythms, sweet melodies, observant lyrics and, at heart, two eccentric popsters having fun and sounding excellent while doing so.

standouts from the album include the token ballad 'take off your t-shirt', the (ironically) upbeat opener 'pain song', and without a doubt the title track 'the music makes me sick'. check out the video clip that goes with - if ever there was a time to be bringing onesies back... x