Spiderman Of The Rings

overheard one day in rough trade, "dan deacon sounds like lcd soundsystem on crack", and we can't argue with that nail being hit squarely on the head. a core member of baltimore's 'wham city crew' arts collective, deacon makes 'electro noise rock' that taps directly into the great lineage of batshit bubblegum pop. spideman connects at various points with kasenetz and katz, sam the sham, happy hardcore and gabba techno, 'surfin' bird', the twinkly melodies of an infant's mobile (the unexpectedly gorgeous 'big milk'), the ramones, koji kondo (composer-in-residence for the nintendo entertainment system), max martin, and daft punk. on an earlier ep, 2006's acorn master, deacon covered bobby darin's 'splish splash'. that spastic take on a rock'n'roll classic feels with hindsight like an obvious run up to spiderman. an album that establishes dan deacon as a new type of entertainer in the contemporary underground. on car park.