I admit I know very little about modern indie-rock-electronica. And quite frankly I’m fine with that. Most of what I’ve heard of it hasn’t interested me in the least bit. Except for this week’s Spotlight artist, !!!.
That’s right. Their name is !!!. Apparently it’s pronounced as any three repetitive sounds, but most often it’s “chk chk chk”. The story goes that they got their name from The Gods Must be Crazy, where the subtitles represented the clicking elements of the bushmen’s speech with “!”. However they came up with the name, it has rendered them very difficult to find on Google (because Google completely ignores “!!!” when you type it in…go ahead…try it…).
!!!’s new album Myth Takes comes out this Tuesday, March 6th. Here’s a sneak peek of what you’ll find:
Myth Takes
The title track opens up the album with an infectious bass groove, spaghetti western guitars, and vocals delivered in what seems like an intense whisper. Kind of sounds like what Ennio Moriconne might have come up with if he hung out with Bootsy Collins.
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2 comments
March 5, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Blair
Good stuff! Also, they must have one of the best band names ever. It must be a damn pain in the ass to find them at Best Buy. Should I look under !!! or chk chk chk?
March 5, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Sean
At Best Buy you’ll probably find them under “R” in Folk…