Automata - Give and Take
It’s rare that I can actually use Catnip to actually accomplish much more than stroking my own ego, but occasionally the opportunity does present itself. I recently discovered that an old friend of mine has starting singing in a Chicago-based band called Automata, who’s self released EP can be this downloaded for free here. Even though a friend mine is a member of the band, I wouldn’t feature the track if it wasn’t as good as ‘Give and Take’, which contains a vocal performance which has to be heard. The song has a very smoky, old-school soul vibe that is pitch-perfect, with the vocals bringing an incredible power to the chorus that always threatens to push the song over the edge, but pulls back just in time.
The main reason for posting this track today is to give them a little publicity while they are in the running to be remixed by the producer Bonobo. If you like what you hear, head on over to his website and cast your vote for this track in his remix competition here.
