Okay, I know this dude's friends with the Fridge guys but the kickofftrack on this EP+video sounds too strikingly similar to "Kinoshita"from Fridge's 1999 single. Dan Snaith is a Canadian who's studies havelanded him in London, where he now makes his home and his muisc. Thisfour-tracker contains the aforementioned ripoff, "Dundas, Ontarioremix" two new tracks, the album version and a video of "Dundas". Whilehis skills as a player and technologist are more than evident in all ofhis recordings, I always feel there's something conceptually missing.The beats he drops on the opening of track two, "Tits and Ass" arebombastic at first, then the track drifts into some pretty melodickeyboard loops which sort of linger in the air like a fart in a roomthat won't dissipate soon enough. The other new track, "Webers" is alsopretty, with a xylo-phoney melody which reminds me of being stuck in aJapanese restaurant in a cheap Kung-fu film waiting for my take-outnoodles minutes before the ninjas burst in. It's accented by tiredrhythmic clicking and an artificial bass drum kick, but once again Ifeel about as statiated after I've eaten only one gyoza. Themade-for-chic coffee shop ambiance LP version of "Dundas" closes theaudio portion and the video of the remix version rounds out the set. Tome, the video seems like it's trying to parodize Beach Party MTV-stylevideos whilst making fun of the place where young Dan grew up, takingthe form of a home video of a bunch of drunk Canadian kids. Even theplushies couldn't help this one in the end.
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