EPONYMOUS

A supercombo team-up between Simon Lord (ex Simian) and Rafter?Roberts, the Roberts & Lord duo present their Asthmatic Kitty?debut,Eponymous! Roberts' rough and grimy (yet complexly arranged)?analog backing tracks paired with Lord's clean, digitally-recorded vocals,?gives these songs a tricky kind of depth that is immediately engaging.?This effortless juxtaposition reigns throughout these 35 some-odd minutes.?The album begins with Mosquito, a perfect example and touchstone?of Roberts' loud, garage rocky, blown-outness paired with structure?well-thought-out (but never lingered upon). Simon's lyrics tell the story?of a man's love for a mosquito, his vocals backed by a crunchy oil-drum?thunk of beats (a theme of this record.) Simon's lyric writing on Mosquito?nonsense verse poets like Ivor Cutler and Edward Lear, Lord gives us a?simple, light-hearted return to innocence, a goodly love for good love, the?capital F feel-goodness compressed into a chorus, the sweaty exuberance?of a solid dance party with all your friends around you. And thus we?present Roberts & Lord's Eponymous!??TRACKS?1. mosquito - 3:27?2. wild berries - 2:15?3. bottom of the bottle - 3:21?4. windmill - 3:08?5. oblique - 2:59?6. knots - 3:50?7. menuhin - 1:32?8. purple doves - 2:54?9. we rise, we fall - 3:11?10. interior demon - 4:17?11. spem - 1:49?12. the same love - 2:35