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Reptar - Body Faucet - Music Head - 30-04-2012 online listen Vampire Weekend all over this one maybe some MGMT a lot of near likes potential with a push from a single 1.5 from me and not yet rated by the pros at allmusic from the album - Sebastian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qENCdcWvnhM released May 1st, 2012 Bio - from allmusic With a sound that’s as exuberant as it is infectious, Athens, Georgia dance-pop quartet Reptar have been scuffing up dancefloors since they formed in 2008. Featuring the talents of Andrew McFarland, Ryan Engelberger, Graham Ulicny, and William Kennedy, the band brings danceable electronic rock into the modern era with a sound that evokes the classic synth-drenched funk of Prince and densely layered dance-pop of bands like Passion Pit. The band toured for a couple years, delivering buzzworthy performances at showcases like South by Southwest, before bringing the party to the masses with its debut EP, Oblangle Fizz Ya’ll, in 2011. Album Review - from allmusic Athens, Georgia's latest answer to neo-psychedelic electro-pop, Reptar, expand on the amiable melodies and rambunctious energy of last year's debut EP Oblangle Fizz Y'all with their first full-length, Body Faucet. The band is as colorful, quirky and freewheeling as its namesake -- a Godzilla-like character from '90s Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats -- and on the new record they dig deeper into their worldbeat influences, adding an even sunnier sheen to their already exuberant sonics. But like the show that inspired their name, Reptar aren't just fluffy fun; beneath their shimmering synths and hard driving beats are stories of identity and relationships, forming connections not only on the dance floor but in the heart. Take album opener and leadoff single "Sebastian"; its highlife guitar plinks and rousing choir of "ohs" give the impression of simple summer days, but the lyrics reveal a story of sexual awakening ("Succumbed by emotion I just don't care / I wanna sleep with you next to me / Show you what I want to mean"), while "Ghost Bike", Body Faucet's most outwardly pensive offering, reflects on witnessing and surviving a friend's death ("Nothing I can do or say / Fingers wanna touch you / My fingers wanna make you stay") against a restrained backdrop of piano and haunted electronic oscillations. Sometimes the concepts are more abstract, as "Orifice Origami" employs surrealist lyrics ("I was the last one, wandering, caught up in the river / I'm lucid and in disarray") and makes harmony out of buoyant beats and jagged guitar. And sometimes Reptar just want to get down, best captured with the mischievous "Houseboat Babies", a sort of MGMT-meets-Daft Punk tune that proclaims, "all we want from life is big boy beds and a climax in our heads". That line really says it all; Reptar aren't afraid to grow up but they're gonna have fun getting there, and with Body Faucet they succeed in doing both. Track Listing 1. Sebastian 2. Please Don't Kill Me 3. Isoprene Bath 4. Orifice Origami 5. Houseboat Babies 6. Natural Bridge 7. Ghost Bike 8. New House 9. Thank You Gliese 370 b 10. Sweet Sipping Soda 11. Three Shining Suns 12. Water Runs Reptar - Body Faucet - hatchetman - 03-05-2012 itunes had a free download of one of their songs yesterday. I liked it. Not sure I liked it enough to wanna hear more, but it was good. Reptar - Body Faucet - hatchetman - 03-05-2012 Just checked. "Sebastian" is the song you can download for free on itunes right now.