New Music Tuesday: Sego's EP Wicket Youth

Sego releases their debut EP "Wicket Youth" today.  They've released three songs of the five songs in anticipation for its release, but let's go through each song one by one:

"Your song's.....different....Sego"

1. 20 years tall -- Alright alright we start off with some straight talk dance punk.  Its different and edgy, but its the same different and edgy I heard when I listened to LCD Soundsystem. (Which is a great thing)  The song is like the principal in Forrest Gump, "Your son's.....different...Miss Gump.", but we all know that Forrest falls into wealth and ends up with his long lost passed around girlfriend in the end so he gets the last laugh......just like this song....what?  Anyway, the first track off the the new EP probably defines what the band sounds like and the rest of the tracks will follow suite, right?....

2. Wicket Youth -- ....well not exactly.  The next track is Wicket Youth......which is like taking off my ripped black jeans and putting on my white dress suit from Miami Vice and fighting drug lords while driving the $100k police race boat that they randomly have a budget for ......quite the contrast.  All the edges are as smooth as the keys on a keyboard, and what we have left is very catchy synthpop number.

Harrison Ford digging "Engineer Amnesia"

3. Engineer Amnesia -- We stick with the synthpop tone but dial it back a bit.....instead of Miami Vice we get Blade Runner/Terminator/Terminator 2.  I could very easily see Harrison Ford in his flying car cruising through the clouds with this song blasting as the human race is being exterminated by killer terminators below.

4. False Currency -- I would say this as close as we get to track one.  More straight talk but with less dance punk.  In its place is seemingly chaotic guitars, punchy horns and a steady beat that gets stronger as the song explodes to the finish line.  No bands or movie comparisons because I honestly can't put my finger on what this sounds like.  But the EP definitely hits its climax with that dance beat ending.

"Hey!!.....PARTED LIPS!!!"

5. Parted Lips -- Alright, now this is awesome.  ...its only 1 minute long, kind of the denouement of the EP, and again throws a different flavor into the mix.  I'd say that it sounds a hidden Beck track on the Odelay or Guero album.  Since Beck is my favorite musician this bodes well.  Its offbeat but in the best kind of way  You'll find yourself blurting out the words "Parted Lips" to yourself in a quiet room and yelling it to strangers on the street.


Overall, after all the flavors make the best kind of Kool-aid.  You'll feel really.... Kool.... when listening to it.