If you have never watched, or more importantly, never listened to music from Killing Eve you are missing out. Not only is the show well done but who ever the music supervisor is, my hat is off to them. The show showcases some of the best 60’s/70’s inspired pop and rock with a bit of international flair. And this is exactly what we have with the new track from Aili and Transistorcake. The track is sung in both Japanese and English and sports a 60’s esque bass guitar that drives the tune. And let’s not forget rocking beat that underpins the whole track.
This track got my ear the second I heard it since it reminded me of Tom Jones’ It’s Not Unusual. However, this is not Vegas, it’s Paris baby! With swanky guitar riffs, organ chords, sweet string stabs, and the frenchie-esque vocals of one Mary Elizabeth Winstead (actress from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World).
Bio:
Got A Girl’s enthralling debut album, sees Nakamura – whose innumerable, inimitable credits include influential production (Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon, Gorillaz) and membership in such visionary collaborations as Deltron 3030, Lovage, and Handsome Boy Modeling School – cooking up one of the most exuberant sonic confections of his brilliant career, a giddy and impressionistic setting for Winstead’s — known for her work in the films Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, The Spectacular Now, and next seen in Kill the Messenger — sweetly detached vocal delivery and nuanced lyricism.
Winstead and Nakamura first crossed paths while both worked on 2010’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the actor acting and the musician contributing to the score. Right from the jump, the two seemingly disparate artists found they were both surfing similar waves of inspiration. Each were especially enthused by the daft, dewy and even slightly degenerate sounds of 1960s French pop, that uniquely Gallic soufflé of girl group soul, café jazz, lush arrangements and groovy eroticism. They soon commenced writing together, collaborating on lyrics as they learned more about each other’s creative strengths and interests.
I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now is a perfectly realized union of atmospheric ambience and ambitious songcraft. The Automator is of course a master of genre subversion and experimental futurism, effortlessly transmogrifying hip-hop, psychedelia, found sounds, and all manners of pop and world music with his singular taste for prolix wordplay, multiple personas and conceptual adventure. For Got A Girl, he has assembled a rich, enveloping sound world all its own, with hints of Laurel Canyon folk, yacht rock, and sunshine pop stylized and synthesized through sumptuous arrangements, intricate electronics, and unfettered melodic invention. The sonic landscape calls up far flung locales both real and imagined, knit together by restless grooves, elastic dubby beats, and Winstead’s complex characterizations.
Mercury, The Sun And Moon
love is sweet they say
promises of tomorrow
the tighter you grip
the faster you slip
this much i know
lately i want everything
every star tied to a string
coffee tea and in between
the sweetest smile i ever seen
a different song in every room
mercury, the sun and moon
too much of anything
causes one to wonder
inoxicating sighs
promises and lies
this much i know
