"Smile" by Brooklyn based Papi Shiitake and the second single released from their upcoming EP, "Quarantine Dream", dropping October 16th via Trash Casual Records, feels like a dreamy warm embrace and I am feeling a sort of car crash of Porches, Nirvana and Mac DeMarco (seriously). The guitars bathed in chill choked psychedelia but there are tinges of half step dissonance (like lounge grunge, if there is such a thing) and art pop regalia too.
Papi Shiitake (I love to say it) is the artful coming together of Young Tuxx (Best Behavior) and "co-writer / musical-conspirator" Ryan Sieloff. Of "Smile" Tuxx offers:
"When I wrote 'Smile', I had just seen my therapist and I was just kind of done.. with everything. I got home and started singing the opening line, "I feel like garbage left in the sun". 'Smile' is about feeling like you're not good enough and having to face the day anyway. The song is fun and bouncy, but the lyrics are actually quite sad. It's a visceral feeling that really resonates with people, especially in 2020."
The opening line Tuxx recalls, "I feel like garbage left in the sun", hit me right away as such a heavy emotional counter position to the chill flavor of the song. It is a complexity, it runs deep like life.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Young Tuxx is creating a universe called Papi Shiitake and he wants you to come along for the ride. Young Tuxx, also known for being the frontman of the Brooklyn band Best Behavior, has teamed up with co-writer/musical-conspirator Ryan Sieloff. The longtime friends might be separated by the entire country, but they incorporate East and West coast nuances on top of each other’s distinct styles. Young Tuxx tells stories of optimistic loneliness over Sieloff’s 60s inspired dreamscapes while their alternative-surf rock sways in the wind. There is no filter in their songwriting and no designated place to listen to their tracks; Papi Shiitake was created for the ebb, the flow, and the crest of the days that keep on passing.
We’re nearly seven months deep into this pandemic with no context of what’s to come next. The monotonous repetition of every day begins to morph into an endless loop, and we start to lose track of the months. Papi Shiitake’s newest music video, “Enjoy the View,” encompasses all of the quarantine tedium and the struggle to pay rent with his Muppet roommate (Lil Tuxx). Young and Lil Tuxx follow all of the advice in the money-making guide, but they fail horribly at each job. Whether it’s eating their customer’s food as delivery drivers or messing around in the office, they constantly hop on to the next potential profitable gig.
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