Something “Muscles” (exclusive)

27 Mar 2014 — Parker Bruce

 

Another week, another preview from UK-label Reeks of Effort's cassette, Sick of Hits Vol. 2, which will be available April 28th. Last week, we gave you Trust Fund's "No Surprise" and now we have "Muscles" by Newcastle's Something (Oliver Catt). The song is a warped 8-minute duet between Catt and Brighton's Eleanor Rudge of The Hundredth Anniversary and Tyrannosaurus Dead. Rudge's part sounds like it's being piped in through a landline. Catt details the admittedly very alarming things he wants to do to himself and someone else: burn his eyes out, drown someone, and cut their knees off (and those are just the tip of the iceberg). Somehow throughout all of this, the song still comes across as sweet. In the middle of it, Catt movingly lists his hopes, dreams, fears, and realities: "I had a dream I was an island/But I was drowning like I should," "I had a hope I'd be a candle/And I would burn your skin..." "But all I am is mountains made of rock." Rudge gets the last word, sending the song out on what could be seen as a positive note by singing "it feels good," echoing Catt's earlier "feeling better, feeling better, feeling better, feeling good." Catt and Rudge really put us through the ringer here. Let them. You'll feel better too.