Patience is apparently not a virtue in the world of singer/songwriter Rafter Roberts. With his second full-length, Sex Death Cassette, locked and loaded for release on Jan. 22 via Asthmatic Kitty, Rafter has already moved on -- and with a purpose. "I'm trying to write and record a full song every day," he tells SPIN.com. "I finished Sex Death Cassette a while ago, and even though it's not out yet, I'm just really feeling like making new stuff."
On a particularly mischievous day, Rafter honed in on his would-be vice and wrote "Drugs," a slinking and hazy number where kid-like laser gun electronics are challenged by thorny lyrical admissions. "I wish I did drugs," Roberts confesses in a quick murmur. A song of self-described as "manic highs and lows, ultimate aloneness, bridge burning, death, distance, panic and pathos," there are clearly complex emotions being ironed out -- just check out the trippy work courtesy of photographer Lizeth Santos. Thankfully this therapy session comes with a catchy beat and Rafter's song of the day sounds like a playful exorcism of the manic demons of neurosis. But somehow still, they creep back in beneath the song's bounce. "I dreamt that we drowned in our car," he morbidly sings later -- and to think… that's without drugs!
Drugs will haunt your dreams / Photo by Lizeth Santos
Now Hear This:
Rafter - "Drugs" DOWNLOAD MP3
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Rafter at MySpace
Rafter at Asthmatic Kitty Records
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