With their track “Shapeshifter,” Elephant brings a 1960s pop sound, reminiscent of Nancy Sinatra singing in her cover of “Bang Bang”.
Elephant’s Facebook shows influences include French hip-hop and 80s disco, but they also have a 1960s French feel – somewhat similar to Serge Gainsbourg’s slow tracks with the Ye-Ye girls and/or a Francoise Hardy track, especially in “Shapeshifter” and in “Spies.”
It also reminds me of Phantogram’s “Nightlife.”
I think that I’m over the “Friday I’m in Love” weekly song theme. If I hear a song again after not hearing it for a long time and really feel as if I should share the “story” behind it and what it means to me in terms of dating/romance/love/etc., I will.
However, I am shifting BoxSpeaker Fridays to alternating “Friday, I Will Fuck” and “Fashion Show Friday” song features – I mean, it works, right? Songs that I would have sex to are also songs that just happen to really be great for runway events.
To start off this alternating series, I’d like to feature “Turning into Stone” by Phantogram as a Friday, I Will Fuck song.
The first eleven seconds of the song make you think that it isn’t something you would want to have sex to due to how high-pitched and abrasive it is – like an out-of-tune marching band. But once the twelve-second mark hits, the heavy bass beat comes in alerting you to the possibility of sensuality in the song.
At the 25-second mark, Phantogram brings in their signature eerie synths. Then, 43-seconds, Josh Carter come in almost monotonously haunting the listener about loneliness and dying.
At the 1:15 mark, Sarah Barthel‘s vocals come in for the signature Phantogram harmonies as the song sounds airy and relaxing. Then, you end up back in the rough reality of the 1:47 mark when the quick 8-bit style synths begin to layer upon each other. Building up and building up just in time for Carter’s tortured, distorted vocals to come back in.
And everything just sounds like and and feels like an aural explosion.
This entry charts the progression of what for all intents and purposes essentially was a relationship. It begins with the excitement of something new. The phone calls. The text messages. The concerts. The late summer nights. The jokes. The kisses snuck around corners. The photobooths.
Then it moves on to the confusion. The fights. The silence.
The denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression.
Then finally, acceptance of what for all intents and purposes essentially was the inevitable, eventual, drawn-out end.
I was in love.
These are my feelings. In order. From beginning to end. August 2010 to March 2011.
Progression:
Listen here: http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Progression/56621234
“Starstrukk” by 3Oh!3 (feat. Katy Perry)
“Little Secrets” (Penguin Prison Remix/Cover) by Passion Pit
“Ride Frindship” by Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt
“Diet Mtn Dew” by Lana Del Rey
“Cuddle Fuddle” by Passion Pit
“Your Visits Are Getting Shorter” by Bloc Party
“Soft Shock” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
“Just Didn’t Need to Know” by The Shivers
“Just a Friend” by Biz Markie, covered by Lissy Trullie
“Naive” by The Kooks, covered by Lily Allen
“Hope You’re Happy Now” by The Sounds
“For Reasons Unknown” by The Killers
“When I’m Small” by Phantogram
“You Know You’re Not Dead” by Broken Records
“Dry Your Eyes” by The Streets
“So This is Goodbye” by William Fitzsimmons (Pink Ganter remix)
