I'm as late as you can possibly be on this guy, seeing as his last album, "Love is Real" was released in 2007, but he is utterly fantastic. A one time collaborator with Ariel Pink and Panda Bear, I guess you'd describe his music as a more synth inspired variation of Ariel Pink's music on "House Arrest".
I went to see him play live the other night and I sort of knew what to expect from clips on Youtube. He doesn't play with a band nor any live instruments, he just presses play on a sampler, which plays a song of his choosing in its entirety, vocals included. Over this, he sings fairly muffled vocals which are fed through a delay pedal and whilst he sings, he dances like an utter maniac in a complete trance. How much of this is for show and how much is real is questionable, but I don't have any problem with someone getting into character, as he did at the beginning of the show by constantly screaming until his face went red.
Anyway, care a share time: John Maus - Do Your Best. I think it is impossible not to like this song.
I went to see him play live the other night and I sort of knew what to expect from clips on Youtube. He doesn't play with a band nor any live instruments, he just presses play on a sampler, which plays a song of his choosing in its entirety, vocals included. Over this, he sings fairly muffled vocals which are fed through a delay pedal and whilst he sings, he dances like an utter maniac in a complete trance. How much of this is for show and how much is real is questionable, but I don't have any problem with someone getting into character, as he did at the beginning of the show by constantly screaming until his face went red.
Anyway, care a share time: John Maus - Do Your Best. I think it is impossible not to like this song.
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