It appears we’ve driven the NCS funky train right off the rails today. I would offer apologies, but apologizing isn’t metal. The metal thing to say when you feel the impulse to apologize for something is “Fuck you, bitch”. So, fuck you, bitch.
Phro started this. To begin our day, he jumped the rails with that Head Asplody thing. Since the train is already barreling through the sticky underbrush of metalicized J-pop and red pandas, I feel entitled to bring you “Delorean” by FM Belfast before we get our engine back on the road to Hell.
Although the stainless-steel, gull-winged Delorean was actually manufactured in Belfast, FM Belfast are not from Belfast, nor even from Northern Ireland. They are from Iceland, which by itself may be enough to make this metal. There are other aspects of the band’s video for “Delorean” (which premiered on June 21 via IFC) that are kinda metal, such as the massively nerded-out collection of figures in the protagonist’s room (don’t blink or you’ll miss our on the Michelin man). I also couldn’t help but like the idea of this massive, bearded dude (portrayed by Njörður Njarðarson) collecting . . . well, you’ll see what he collects.
And then there’s the song itself. It’s synth-driven electro stuff that’s just fucked up enough to be intriguing, and man does it have a devilish hook embedded in it. Also, the first time I heard the chorus, I thought they were singing, “This shit will blow up your ass”.
Upon further listening, I’m pretty sure the actual lyrics are, “This shit will blow up your hands”, but I like my version better, so I’m staying with that.
Further details:
I saw this quote from Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson, who appears to have built the synths and drum modules for FM Belfast by himself: “‘DeLorean’ came about after a night of staying awake, trying to finish building my first working synthesizer that made more than just uncontrollable noises. When the synth was done I immediately had to record something. The first thing that came out is the beginning of the song.”
The “Delorean” single will be available for purchase on iTunes on June 26.
Also, FM Belfast have a Facebook page here.
Also, thank you Daniel.
Also, fuck you, bitch.
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I liked that guy. He seemed cool. Also, I love Pez. I wanna go hang out with him.
The music reminded me (a lot) of the Polysics. I’ve probably mentioned them before, but here are my two favorite Polysics songs:
I My Me Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXTaMxYJtDg)
Catch on Everywhere (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcQRj1iiugA)
WIll it blow up my ass like a light zephyr, or will it blow up my ass like an IED? Inquiring minds would like to know.
I think this is an excellent question. However, since it is FM Belfast who claimed that this would blow up your ass, I’m afraid I can’t answer it. Or rather, despite the actual words used, FM Belfast should have said this would blow up your ass, and in fact I think that’s what they really meant to say, and probably did say it in a different universe entangled at a quantum level with our own, and in any of these cases, I still can’t answer.
I hope when you said “Michelin Man” you weren’t referring to the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
Gulp. I’m so glad you can’t see how red my face is. It’s like the color of a baboon’s butt. Very red.