Deb in graphics suggested three years ago that I should be taking Emergen C once a day to ward off negative body effects. This woman is in her mid-50s, but looks MAYBE young 40s. So I’ve been drinking that V-C since, no matter how much it fizzles into my eyes and/or nose while I be on the sip. One morning, I’m reading through my e-mails and gripped one from my deep pal Barnaby Bennett, which described and linked me to a Bandcamp album he was recently featured on entitled Fanta-C Plus by Yàocavé, and I dropped my Emergen C due to circumstantial disbelief. I haven’t cleaned it up since (both my disbelief or sticky vita-water). I figured I could just write an entire post about tweaking on Emergen C but after reading what Yàocavé wrote about the Jeunesse Cosmique release, I felt like it should be unblemished:
Offering up 10 tablespoons of sugary hypnagogic soda-pop in two flavors, Fanta C-Plus is a toothache too bittersweet to resist. Gingivitis lives in the effervescent brew of psychedelic pop experimentalism and pop culture references. Split into two distinct sides, Side A pours like a Pepsi Blue, reflecting the turquoise synths and smooth sweetness contained within, while Side B rips like an Orange Crush, a bright burst of noisy effervescence. Together, their sugary lo-fi mix comes across like a bittersweet dollar-store Chubby as opposed to the sleek and refined sweetness of such beverage giants previously mentioned.
Accompanying the record is a audio-visual medium hosted on You’re the Man Now, Dog or YTMND, an online community dedicated to the creation of memetic websites and internet junk. Launched in 2001, the website hit its peak between 2004 and 2007, since declining in popularity to reflect a nostalgic snapshot of early internet meme culture. Each song contains its own visual GIF website accompaniment hosted on this medium.
Yàocavé is too hot and Fanta-C Plus ships from Jeunesse Cosmique on Wednesday so pre-order ASAP:
• Yàocavé: http://yaocave.bandcamp.com
• Jeunesse Cosmique: http://jeunessecosmique.com
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