We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves

[pinkspoons]

im on other forums and its really good to see the maus finally getting some love!!!




i have a feeling pitchfork will embrace this...

[AppTrans]

a review of sorts (8 out of 10) from Spin magazine's Marc Hogan:

Before he attended CalArts, before he befriended Ariel Pink and Panda Bear, John Maus grew up in Spamtown, USA. This iconoclastic one-man synth-pop band's roots in canned-meat capital Austin, Minnesota, bear consideration when approaching his deconstructed DIY new wave. From chintzy keyboards to karaoke-style performances, Maus exaggerates the stereotypically artificial to tap into something real.

On his first album for Ribbon, Maus does more than stay true to his bros. Watery analog fidelity and reverb suggest chillwave, but only on the surface. With bleakly detached baritone, anxiety-ridden bass lines, and vintage electronics, Maus works more like a steampunk novelist, imagining a cityscape where the discarded technologies of the recent past shed light on the present. Or, as he puts it on "Quantum Leap": "Heart to heart, mind to mind, we are the ones who seem to travel through time."

Reminiscent of obscure electroclash grand-daddy John Foxx, these retro-futurist trappings allow Maus to be scandalously, absurdly, and sometimes movingly honest. Noncover "Cop Killer" out-incites Ice-T, though its surreal coldness is more Grand Theft Auto than South Central. Stormy "Matter of Fact" describes what "pussy" isn't and "Hey Moon" waxes wryly on lonely hearts like Magnetic Fields. Between the baroque church-organ breakdowns of "...and the rain," Maus insists, "Somebody tell the truth." On transcendent finale "Believer," he sets you free.



key words: chillwave, retro, John Foxx, Ice-T

[dean]

Anybody who mentions the "C" word in an interview is a different "C" word.

[pdouspensky]

travis, u mad?

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[travis]

[quote="pdouspensky"]travis, u mad?[/quot

no? i don't know? i'm consistently kinda mad. i've been listening to kool keith, bootsy collins, flexipop, and ,,,nirvana, and, reorganizing my shit hole, and, 'n. and doin pftgriphy sht.. you know, i threw my beef out there to spoil, and it did, so, that's that. i sent geneva a message asking what kinda men she lieks cuz her fb file says she's interested in men and women. and i sent ariel rosenburghghg a massgae about the golden age of rocknroll an dnothing. it's all too boring for me and i'm just out of it. i'm just a negativecreep and sht. i think geneva prbly lieks the guys she has known and like weird fags and ariel lieks bein a gothy psychadelilah diva
AND
Ai
spilled
beer
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myb
keyboard
itsfuckedlatptopkeybora

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[travis]

i wanna punch you in the face suckah. terrible negative vibes your way. i curse you. rot brain.

[elouise1979]

i'm totally new to John Maus and this album completely blew me away. he is awesome. Believer is a real hit! i hope he gets a lot of positive reviews and more recognition.

[pluckypurcell]

travis, u mad?[/quot

no? i don't know? i'm consistently kinda mad. i've been listening to kool keith, bootsy collins, flexipop, and ,,,nirvana, and, reorganizing my shit hole, and, 'n. and doin pftgriphy sht.. you know, i threw my beef out there to spoil, and it did, so, that's that. i sent geneva a message asking what kinda men she lieks cuz her fb file says she's interested in men and women. and i sent ariel rosenburghghg a massgae about the golden age of rocknroll an dnothing. it's all too boring for me and i'm just out of it. i'm just a negativecreep and sht. i think geneva prbly lieks the guys she has known and like weird fags and ariel lieks bein a gothy psychadelilah diva
AND
Ai
spilled
beer
onb
myb
keyboard
itsfuckedlatptopkeybora

wtf am i reading

[pluckypurcell]

i wanna punch you in the face suckah. terrible negative vibes your way. i curse you. rot brain.

no negative vibes or links allowed suckah

[travis]

i wanna punch you in the face suckah. terrible negative vibes your way. i curse you. rot brain.

no negative vibes or links allowed suckah

well, what can you do about it?

[pinkspoons]

i wanna punch you in the face suckah. terrible negative vibes your way. i curse you. rot brain.

no negative vibes or links allowed suckah

well, what can you do about it?

[ricky]

My friend played Quantum Leap for me at Cal Poly SLO's radio station KCPR.

I can't stop listening to this album.

[dean]

i wanna punch you in the face suckah. terrible negative vibes your way. i curse you. rot brain.

no negative vibes or links allowed suckah

well, what can you do about it?

hah!!!