
Electric Six
Mustang
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The American male needs to feel like a wild horse from time to time. Electric Six is a band from Detroit comprised of six American males. The American male, upon birth, is issued three Wild Horse Cards™ from the United States Department of Agriculture and he can play this card at any point in his life when he needs to feel like a wild horse for a year. 2013 is the year that all six members of Electric Six are electing to play one of their cards at the same time. The result is Electric Six's ninth studio album, Mustang.
The band is recharged having taken its first “break” from making a studio album in seven years. Couple that restored energy with the playing of the six Wild Horse Cards™ at the same time, and Mustang is the audio story of Electric Six reaching the summit of Mt. Good Times.
Producer Johnny Nashinal is the sherpa, executing a 14-track ascent that leaves everyone gasping for oxygen, but in the best possible way. The Roky Erikson-meets-T.Rex opener “Nom de Plume” makes it clear right away that Electric Six has got that whole “let's do a synth and drum machine record” thing off their chest, and they've brought their guitars, their drums, and their blood-curdling screams for this one, yes indeed. The album then winds through the psych-pop of “Jessica Dresses Like a Dragon”, the Pavement-pop of “Show Me What Your Lights Mean”, and the aggro-pop of “Adam Levine”.
But this is Electric Six, mind you. They are the band that will never be tied to just one sound. And so we also find on Mustang a first-time dip of the toe into the P-funk pool in “Late Night Obama Food”, as well a stroll down ABC lane for “The New Shampoo”. And W. Axl Rose will be looking down from wherever he ended up with a big smile as we get to the summer amphitheatre-friendly “I Never Fucked Her”.
The anchor track “Iron Dragon” is the most compelling story, not only for its ability to sound like both a Nick Cave ballad AND a Warrant/Poison/Skid Row ballad, but also for something much more profound. The outro of “Iron Dragon” was recorded in Moscow's Red Square, a choral squadron comprised of the six American males from E6 singing alongside several Russian females. There is nothing that makes an American male feel more like a wild horse than singing with Russian girls in the very place where freedom came to live and die, live again hey baby maybe not so fast.
Mustang is Electric Six's ninth studio album. It is distributed by Metropolis Records and will be released in October 2013. You can come see Electric Six on tour in the United States in September and October on the “Save The World, Save The World” tour. And look out for Electric Six in the UK and parts of Europe in November and December.
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Nom de Plume | 2:23 | |||
Jessica Dresses like a Dragon | 3:36 | |||
Show Me What Your Lights Mean | 2:55 | |||
Adam Levine | 2:39 | |||
Cranial Games | 2:55 | |||
The New Shampoo | 3:38 | |||
Iron Dragon | 3:59 | |||
Late Night Obama Food | 4:00 | |||
I Never Fucked Her | 3:34 | |||
Miss Peaches Wears an Iron Dress | 3:18 | |||
Unnatural Beauty | 3:23 | |||
Gimme the Eyes | 3:36 | |||
Skin Traps | 3:05 | |||
Cheryl vs. Darryl | 4:14 |