
Rabbit Habits
Man Man
2008
Rabbit Habits is a Alt/Indie album by Man Man, originally released in 2008. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- clean
- whimsical
- theatrical
About
Known for their deliriously wild live shows, this Philadelphia five-piece has slowly gained an audience appreciative of their particular brand of sonic adventure, and <i>Rabbit Habits</i> take a small (but necessary) step in a more accessible direction. Known prog rockers like Zappa and Beefheart are inevitable touchstones, but so are more current, globally influenced artists such as Devotchka and the now defunct 3 Mustaphas 3. Squalling sousaphone, inebriated marimbas, screeching guitars and two-stepping drums (and more drums) provide the color for vocalist Honus Honus’ Tom Wait-ish growl, the music swaggering from one soundtrack to another: a dingy, eastern European punk rock club (“Mister Jung,” “Easy Eats,” “Top Drawer”), a New Orleans funeral (“Big Trouble”), a late-night piano bar (“Doo Right”), a Raymond Scott cartoon score (“The Ballad of Butter Beans”). The zig-zagging post-rock of “Hurly Burly” and the multi-flavored mayhem of “Harpoon Fever” are fairly intoxicating, but the somber, poetic telling of “Poor Jackie” and “Whalebones” will sober you right up (there’s a novel in those songs, waiting to get out). Impressive, from both a musical and lyrical standpoint, and definitely new.
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Tracklist
- 1Mister Jung Stuffed2:27
- 2Hurly / Burly3:51
- 3The Ballad of Butter Beans4:28
- 4Big Trouble5:05
- 5Mysteries of the Universe Unraveled0:08
- 6Doo Right1:38
- 7Easy Eats or Dirty Doctor Galapagos2:24
- 8Harpoon Fever (Queequeg's Playhouse)3:19
- 9El Azteca1:43
- 10Rabbit Habits2:48
- 11Top Drawer3:26
- 12Poor Jackie8:23
- 13Whalebones7:14
Credits
Performers
- Sergei SogayBASS VIBRAPHONE GUITAR
- Chang "Goat" WangHORNS SYNTHESIZER VOCALS
- Critter CratMARIMBA GUITAR HORNS
- Honus HonusVOCALS PIANO
- Emma JohananVOCALS
- Organ FreemanORGAN
- Chestnut Dan ScoffieldSAXOPHONE
- Tomeka ReidVOCALS
- Lindsay NaderVOCALS
- Eliza Hardy JonesVOCALS
- Nick BrosteTROMBONE
- Andra KulansVIOLIN
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 4 pressings tracked on Gatefold
