

This is bass-heavy, ultra low-frequency dance music, that often feels like it was made a few leagues under the sea, colored by squelchy, acid-house 303s, ticking sequencers, breakbeats, ethereal synthpads, and a relentless four-on-the-floor kickdrum. They bonded over '90s techno and acid house artists like LFO and 808 State and for years talked about making their own. Belief is an album that is a wonderful tribute to a time, place and person, but also a killer record in its own right, not to mention a lot of fun, and it's loaded with bleep-y bangers. Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa and producer Boom Bip (Bryan Charles Hollon) have been friends for more than a decade, beginning when she was enlisted as a touring member of Neon Neon, Boom Bip's collab project with Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys. Like early-'90s techno and acid house? So do Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa and producer Boom Bip. From the Indie Basement album review: "Until the wind, blows it all away / And leaves me here to waste away another day." The song's all gloomy English weather till the chorus, "So I float higher, high above it all." Bock's breathy vocals are in ethereal harmony, and things take gorgeous flight. The album plays like a giant sunset, the feeling lasting long after the light has disappeared below the horizon.

"And when the world, crumbles at my feet / I’ll pick it up and pull it tight against my cheek," she sings on the title track which opens the album. Angry Birds Toons (Heard once in 'Dogzilla'.) Animaniacs (Heard thrice in a lower pitch in 'Cutie And The Beast'.) Arthur (Heard often in 'Bleep' in a low pitch.) Baby Blues (2000) (TV Series) (Heard in 'Rodney Moves In', due to Wanda and Darryl imagining an older Zoe and an older Rodney swearing on a talk show. There's hardly a misstep on Giant Palm, which feels autumnal and springlike, melancholic and hopeful, all at the same time. Giant Palm, the solo debut from former Goat Girl co-founder Naima Bock, is quietly dazzling, drawing from a wide range of influences including '70s British folk, jazz, and Tropicalia. Cinderboy (Seriously Silly Supercrunchies),Laurence Anholt, Arthur Robins. Arthur accidentally cuts his knee on an open can. The injury is visible and she has to get stitches. and unintentionally injures her on the lower lip. While pretending to be a superhero on a preschool playground, Timmy Tibbles pushes a swing at D.W. The solo debut from former Goat Girl member Naima Bock is a contender for my Album of the Year. Title: Little Bo-Peep Has Knickers That Bleep (Seriously Silly Supercrunchies). The episode contains a considerable amount of blood for the series.

Naima Bock - Giant Palm (Sub Pop / Memorials of Distinction)
