The Bran Flakes - “I Have A Friend”
Girl Talk is certainly in a league of his own but for some reason I tend to think of him as in a genre by himself too, which isn’t the case— there are many a takers in the sampling game. When I first read the release that landed in my inbox saying that The Bran Flakes are releasing their 100% sample-based album I Have Hands on the same label (Illegal Art) as Girl Talk, I readied myself to be disappointed holding them up to the pure gold of gold standards. Turns out my judgment was premature. Far from Girl Talk’s woven masterpiece of best of dance jams, The Bran Flakes have a completely different sound: a sort of retro du wop conversation. I Have Hands is out February 24th and judging from the pre-released tracks it’s something to look forward to.
This is pretty exciting, really.
