This single is a very tasty collaboration – John Grant vs Wrangler (good grief!) – this is a mutant electro-backed rap (although Grant doesn’t exactly rap, with that mellifluous voice of his) – very weird indeed… Bleeps and bips lead into a call and response chorus, mental.
A bit like some of the David Byrne techno collabs (vs Express 2 for example), it does go on a bit but is inspired, goofy and a bit deranged. Wrangler is the current project of the very influential indeed ex-Cabaret Voltaire man Stephen Mallinder so this has pedigree indeed – it is catchy enough to be a huge hit, like a deranged Cabs vs LCD Soundsystem…or something! An unexpected start to 2018 for both these artists, although BM notices that another track ‘Pink Squirrel’ (!) was released last year and there is an album due in March.