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Psymon Spine
Psymon Spine
country: USA
genre: Electronic
styles: Electronica, Experimental Pop, Indietronica, Psychedelic Pop, Dance
Sugar
Single
Reviews and Comments
It’s interesting watching a song pivot from one idea to another, central ideas in early drafts becoming mere footholds for later versions. When I (Noah) take a step back it’s like watching a squirrel jumping from branch to branch, or a Simpsons episode where the plot veers completely off course 5 minutes in. ‘Sugar’ started, peak Covid 2020, with me looping the drum intro of a Shuggie Otis track and noodling on a Juno 106 over it. I added some nonsense mumble vocals, and the sketches that would later become the synth and guitar leads. The rhythm guitar part I wrote was directly inspired by the guitar in the Men Without Hats hit Safety Dance, which we had recently done a cover of. It all sounded really weird and disjointed, but there was something about that felt really good. Shortly thereafter I visited my folks in upstate New York and began noodling around on their piano, playing the chords I had composed on the synth. Playing them on a piano made my hands want to move differently, and the rhythm became more angular, with more division between the left and right hands. Eventually the Shuggie Otis sample was muted, as were most (though not all) of the original synth tracks, and my vague lyrical ideas began to emulsify. We tracked most of it in the Catskills along with the rest of Head Body Connector, with exception of Angel Deradoorian and Léna Bartels’ backing vocals (which we tracked at friends’ houses in LA and Montauk, respectively). The track, theretofore been referred to as ‘Shuggie’ (for lack of a better name) was renamed Sugar, since it had moved almost entirely away from the sounds of its conception.
latest releases
Single
Garbage
out on September 05, 2024
via Northern Spy Records
EP
Psymon Spine on Audiotree Live
out on April 09, 2024
via Audiotree Music
LP
Head Body Connector
out on February 23, 2024
via Northern Spy Records
Single
Boys
out on October 10, 2023
via Northern Spy Records
LP
Charismatic Mutations
out on April 01, 2022
via Northern Spy
Single
Jumprope (Love Injection Euphoric Mix)
out on March 01, 2022
via Northern Spy
