SONG OF THE DAY (#220)

'baby i'm yours,' by math and physics club

i once accused, i mean 'referred to,' math & physics club of being a poor man's belle & sebastian. a friend told a friend and that friend evidently took umbrage with my assertion, as though it were a slam on the band [we audiophiles are silly lot]. oh, contraire! i was just sayin' they sound like belle & sebastian. no harm in that, right? after all, isn't music basically the next band aping the previous band going all the way back to john and paul? [at least that what the music uber overlords want us to think, right?]. it's rare you get a truly unique band without any immediate reference points. i can think of, like, two this decade. so i got nothing but love for math & physics club even if not drinking the kool-aid. i still maintain they sound just like belle & sebastian, but hey, if you're going to ape a band, b&s is as good a place to start as any.

so, anyway, math & physics club released a new e.p. ['baby, i'm yours'] sometime in the last couple of weeks, i think. i'm not exactly sure. i'm too lazy to look it up. the four tracks on said e.p. sound exactly like every other song they've written, but in their case, it's not a bad thing, 'cos math & physics club songs are like putting on a pair old jeans: comfy and reliable. and who doesn't need a little comfort and reliability? i dare say we all do.

→ math & physics club: baby, i'm yours
→ math & physics club: nothing really happened