Brokedick Car
finds
the Swirlies
playing around with some of the more memorable songs from
Blonder Tongue Audio Baton
, including a trimmed and cleaned-up version of
"Wrong Tube"
and two alternate takes on
"Pancake."
"Pancake Cleaner"
delivers what its name promises: a version of the
Blonder Tongue
epic with clean instead of fuzzy guitars, for an effect that's chiming instead of fizzy.
"House of Pancake"
is a Casio-inspired remix of the song, replete with canned drum rolls and a heavy dance beat.
also features two songs unavailable elsewhere,
"Labrea Tarpit,"
comprised of atonal, twanging guitars and ringing telephones, and
"You're Just Jealous,"
which starts outs as a sun-baked pop song but evolves into sludgy art-punk reminiscent of
Pavement's
early singles. While it consists of throwaway bits of experimentation,
paints an enjoyable picture of
goofing around in the studio. ~ Heather Phares