Is That Viral Enuf 4 U?

You won't be able to stop yourself from singing these songs for days

     

Ever encounter something that at some level you thought you shouldn't be liking but just couldn't help yourself? Well that's what happens with the music of Gory Bateson, self-proclaimed 'mythic rock star' with a story behind his life as a musician and work with the similarly mythical rock group, the "Ethnogs." I resisted this album for a while, and was absolutely blown away when the songs I thought I would be most annoyed by turned out to be my favorites. "Gory" has a velvety voice with a a purity to it that reminds me of the best of the old-time pre SXSW singers in Austin (before Austin was a 'world' scene, and was just an Austin scene for music). I can imagine having heard him on Sixth Street when the clothes we were wearing were one day going to be called 'vintage'.

But most exciting about this album is that it frees the snobby soul and prudish ego and leaves you singing the songs for days in your head, startling yourself with the fact that you can't stop hearing yourself singing words like 'my baby's thong' (that's just WRONG) or "she's got he booty for it" even as you go about your proper everyday activities. Give it a try. Let go.