Albums
Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass
2010
Genre: Alternative
Release Date: 2010
By Brian Howe
Reviewed November 1, 2010
The dance-rock fixtures enlist Bibio, Tim Goldsworthy, and more for a (mostly) remix EP that actually improves on its source material.
Funk, dub, left-field disco, Krautrock: If it has a deep swerve and a hint of outsider status, !!! are down with it. The nominally dance-punk (but really, just dance) band has absorbed the polyrhythmic and multicultural lessons of post-No Wave groups like ESG and Liquid Liquid, updating the percolating good-times vibe with high-octane guitars and modern polish. This year, they followed up their most brazen album, 2007's , with the solid but low-impact , which is long on proficient dance beats but short on inspired hooks. That album's "Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass" is a nice little number that fakes toward blues-rock before veering into taut funk, but as sleazy pillow-talk jams go, it's a pale imitation of ’ "Must Be the Moon". That s standout track (which heads up this remix EP) is a rehash of prior glory exemplifies the LP's limitations.