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Fuck Buttons: "Surf Solar" (MP3)

4:18 a.m. · August 1, 2009 · by Matthew Blackwell

"Surf Solar," the lead-off single for Fuck Buttons' forthcoming Tarot Sports, is pared down considerably from the 10-plus minute album version. Still, though, it isn't hard to imagine the rest of the track. It sounds oddly similar to micro-sample artists like the Field -- it's based on a repeating vocal sample, around which synthesizer lines slowly build and coalesce. Fuck Buttons have always had electronic leanings, but here they throw everything else out the window and focus exclusively on electronic elements. We'll have to wait until the LP drops to see if this holds true for all their new material, but it's an interesting left turn from Street Horrrsing.

Tarot Sports will be released October 20 via ATP. [Pitchfork]