Attics and the fantasy paranoid waltz of "Queen Mother" from "Public Universal Friend" EP

"Come closer I need to figure out / Who you are and what you’re about /I wasn’t born yesterday / Still sharp as a razor so watch what you say..."

"Queen Mother" from Brooklyn singer-songwriter, producer Attics' wonderfully oblique "Public Universal Friend" EP moves on artful acoustic guitar rhythms and a steady, easy, even stoic drum beat. As usual, Attics has a way with sounds and "Queen Mother" which the artist says is "A first person exploration of an aging matriarch poking fun at the absurdity of paranoia" turns on deeply engaging synth arpeggios and low key orchestration that feels born out of 80's new wave / fantasy wave tones. 

"I’m the best, I’m the best / I’m the one with the barrel chest / One step ahead of everyone / I may be blind but I’m not dumb..."

"Queen Mother" is a wonderful dive but dive into the entire EP while you're at it. It will restore your faith in storytelling.

-Robb Donker Curtius

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A group of friends who met in summer camp as the house band for a musical about Woodstock 1969, the members of Brooklyn-based Attics have been making music together for decades. In 2013, they released Time Is Falling, their first record as Attics. Since then they have continued to sporadically release music into the digital ether with little pomp and even less circumstance. Drawing inspiration from Brazilian Tropicalia, British Invasion, NYC art rock, and early electronic music, Attics makes music you can sing along to if you don’t mind odd lyrics and the occasional glockenspiel. 

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