WHAT EDIT

MP3: Easyboy - Dasso Assumn

Toronto's Easyboy is kicking off 2013 in style with Rickey's Private Flex - an 11-track mix of recent material including this mind warping alien juke cut. Head over to his Tumblr to grab the rest and get the full sensory experience

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DRUNK ON 95

It's been a while since we've heard from Toronto-based Easyboy, and these new demos reveal he's experimenting on a decidedly more varied, loose electronic tip these days. The cut-and-paste wonkiness of his earlier song-based material is still evident, but has been mutated and drawn out across this bunch - morphing from erratic Gobby-like vocal chops to deep techno into off-kilter house goofs.

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CHEST SWIMMERS

Easyboy - Concerning Technology
Easyboy - Shit Talk (w/ Cop Magnet)
Sneak previews of burger fueled and space invader drenched jams from Toronto's(!) Easyboy's upcoming Mirror Universe tape, a split with Truman Peyote who'll no doubt provide wonkier electronic than even this which is full of Juno swirls and weirded out dance floor corners, getting actually surprisingly Devo on "Concerning Technology" with a wandering streak and hamfisted futurism.

[Easyboy MySpace]

[Buy split cassette soon from Mirror Universe]

SUNNY DAY GARBAGE PILE

Easyboy - Chest Swimmers

I think Eric Farber from previously dug trippers Truman Peyote is dropping some slightly diluted psychs for his solo project Easyboy cos there's not as many mid-song moodswings or occasional scary visions on his debut cassette Friends. Which isn't to say it's straight either, there's still some colourful sonic exploration going on here - from "Markers" totally spastic clambering, the Lucky Dragons w/ free jazz bliss out on "Beebugs" to the sketched Kurt Vile-isms of "Slick Nap", it still has that slightly restless metamorphic quality of Truman Peyote's LP Light-Lightning but with a bedroom scope and a bigger focus on pop sounds. Like this track "Chest Swimmers" which emerges from cloudy bubbles into a fully fledged 1950s Shake Shack hang-out hit with earnest guitars and goofball vocals. Put this on a mixtape with Fluffy Lumbers "Cruisers" and "Grey Dayz" by Big Troubles and grab a chocolate shake doggs.

[Easyboy Myspace]

[Buy Friends soon from Spooky Town Artifacts]