Electric President - Sleep Well - mp3 review
April 25th, 2008 r8e8rcom
I was sitting on a crowded train this morning when this pudgy round guy decided to stand right in front of my seat. He stood there in his grey mid-town power suit; jacket unbuttoned as if flaunting the protruding bloated mass, and sort of leaned towards me pushing his infantile round belly closer to my face. Considering the capacity of the car it didn’t really bother me much, but when the train slowed towards my stop I adjusted my bag and leaned forward to stand, he wasn’t budging. I didn’t expect him to move completely out of my way, but there was plenty of space to give me some room to prepare and I think it was pretty clear that I needed to get out. But instead of getting angry my first instinct was to put my hands on his fat belly and say, “who’s gotta a big fat belly. you’ve gotta big fat belly…yes you do’, in my most condescending baby voice. I smiled and relented to wait until the train stopped to gather my things. As I stood and moved past him I realized how strange the thought was, hoping it wasn’t some deep-seated Freudian bullshit hiding somewhere in the recesses of my brain. Wouldn’t it be funny to spend an entire day talking to everyone you meet like they were a baby.
Electric President is the second of Ben Cooper’s projects, this time with Alex Kane. Both were in Helicopter Project prior to its break up though no music from this group was ever released. Afterwards the pair decided to continue to make music together. They subsequently completed three albums in six months. Ben Cooper is also a member of Radical Face (Formerly know as Radical Face Versus Phalex Sledgehammer), Iron Orchestra, and Mother’s Basement. These tracks are from the new record, Sleep Well is scheduled to be released June 25, 2008 for the US according to Ben Cooper’s official website.
Bright mouths
Lullaby
A drift in space, or whatever
This entire record is great and is highly recommended. Not sure where you will be able to buy the record yet, but you can check Ben’s blog for updates: http://www.radicalface.com
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