March 01, 2006 | Posted by david at 08:48 AM

I promise I won't bite

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I'm sick. Well, not quite yet; I've got that sore throat and vaguely stuffy nose that hint of misery to come, which can be worse than the actual cold. Sometimes the right music can both justify your misery and make you feel better. Digitata does this for me.

Digitata is on the Minneapolis label Totally Gross National Product, also home to the excellently named band Mel Gibson and the Pants (who have an excellently named song "Crosby Steals Nash and Runs"), and the bands share a couple members.
This song completely pulls me in, from that plodding piano to the frantic beats, and especially singer Maggie Morrison's confident vocals. And then there's that M.I.A.-like breakdown at the end that somehow surprises me every time I hear it.

Digitata - Death and the Beach

Right? The band's record Sexually Transmitted Emotions is very, very good. Death and the Beach is pretty representative of the disc's overall sound, a song cycle of sometimes chilly, sometimes warm digital goodness that never stops. And, really, can you resist a CD that contains a track called Oscar Wilde Breakdown? I thought not.

You can pick up Sexually Transmitted Emotions from the Totally Gross National Product website.

Comments

Overall pretty cool, dunno if I was feeling the singer, but I really liked that beat.

Posted by: Noah Kennedy at March 1, 2006 12:01 PM
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