Back in Ballito

Vibe vibe vibe vibe groove groove groove i’ve listened to this one a bunch of times I want to rob a bank to this. A slow group walk into a bank and we cock the gun :27 directly at some lady screaming for her life. Move the revolver at the man behind the counter at :33 hes slow motion looking for the keys to the safe (whats behind the counter at a bank?idk)- he runs to the back room where i’m assuming theres a fuckload of tightly packed cash. At around 1:16 I WISH I HEARD THIS TRACK UNWRAVEL. I want it to grow and listen maybe thats just me, and maybe I want to much and give too little but I just hear a weird bridge that crawls out of its shell and maybe a tenor sax bends into a weird crash heavy rhythm section and we go crazy gunsablazing. Everyone is screaming and runs out of the bank for their lives and i’m slow motion staring at this pile of cash as me and my friends pour the cash into bags. Idk i really can’t grow this story any more without hearing this section in my head in real life.

does that make sense?

(btw i fucking looooooooove it)

hey man what is your spider?

This is really catchy and tasteful. I like the little “aiii”s. Love the Afrikaans; it’s fun when lyrics sound like English enough that, as a listener, you assume you just aren’t quite understanding the singer.

We’ve had this one on around the house for a couple days now.

I think I knew what braai on a skottel was before i even googled it.

So, trashy, yes; hurt, no.

Man, I have fun listening to your grimier stuff. Lots of dirt. A city of dirt. For one of the more tonally clean songsters in the game IMO, it’s always such a treat when you put something out that’s trashy, gritty, glitchy, creepy, twisted. It’s almost refreshing. The more your drums sound like they were recorded on a macbook mic, the more i will probably like the song.

I will say though, the reason why I like this type of your stuff is because it’s tight and it has a vision and the song and story are compelling. The lo-fi is an instrument. Sometimes I get lost with lo-fi production, but this essentially plays as a pop song to me. Just about spiders and meat.

Curious what you did with the vocals, and also how you recorded the drums. Sounds kind of like brushes and a zoom mic?

Good work. I “Dig” it. This type of song is “Strange no more” to me. Sure you might be carrying some “Baggage” about the harsh drums, but it doesn’t “Matter.” “No yeah,” it doesn’t.

This makes me feel like I’m being followed by someone/something I didn’t know I wanted to be followed by (but turns out I do) weird and vibey yes!

drums are the perfect amount of trashy. and sexy. hot little garbage spidey.

Fever dream! Drums and entire thing sounds great, wouldn’t change a thing.

Man, love it when a song is so cryptic, but so familiar – it moves this piece from being just “spooky” to straight up uncanny.

Smoking these meats in South Africa(?) with my arachnid lover

Take me back!

Love the vocal processing on this. Drums def not too trashy at all – total vibe. Loving the tambourine sound. Also getting experimental Beatles out of this. The speed of the “bet she wish she was” is a super nice contrast.

Let’s fucking go dude. Sick.

Classic nick pope sounds 👌 your drumming is super tasteful and creative as per usual – I definitely don’t mind the trashiness

getting some experimental Beatles vibes. this is super fun and the drums are just the right amount of trashy.

This is rad. And the drums are not too trashy. What a great kick sound. Love that you celebrated the B-drone with “B” alliteration. Also shout out incorporating “vuvuzela”.

Nah the drums are great. I like how spooky this is. Reminded me of the spookiness from the “What Good Luck” days.