Very Busy People - The Limousines

 

Cheers, gentleman and ladies! *Here’s when you can toss some pocket change in the backseat or whatever silly ritual you do for a new blog.*

Welcome to Phonic Fixation—your potentially daily dose of mp3 that has been hand selected by me. Without further adieu, let’s get to business, or lack there of.

I found The Limousines’ Very Busy People a fitting first track to share with y’all. This cynical 4-minute track inspired me to do something with this iPod like a pirate ship, with 50,000 songs I’ve never heard.

Electropop isn’t a genre I can say I’m particularly well versed in, but after being introduced to these guys by my good friend Joanna, I can’t help but sport a shit-eating-grin while listening to these far too relatable lyrics each time I rediscover the track.

 Multi-instrumentalist and producer Giovanni Giusti lays down a super catchy synth-track, while vocalist Eric Victorino half-sings three witty tounge-in-cheek verses over them. The lyrics can’t explain themselves anymore clearly, and therefore need little to any analysis or interpretation. But hey, you’ll never find a catchier way to poke fun at your own generation.

Writing about this track is as difficult as reviewing a stand-up comedy show in terms of not wanting to really give away any punch lines. Share this one with your friends and get a good car sing-a-long going; you’ll probably get cheap laugh or two out of it. If ya want some more, check out their 2011 full length Get Sharp and their 2009 Scrapbook EP.

“that donnie darko DVD


has been repeating for
 a week

 and we know every
single word”