It’s really remarkable at this point how Bad Flamingo can take similar instrumentation with guitar, some percussion, banjo, maybe some mandolin, bass, synth and nearly whispered vocals and arrange it in endlessly different ways with a seemingly deep well of material that is the personal mythology of someone who is living on the edges of society as a rebel storyteller who is caught up in melodramatic tales with the gritty feel and sense of underlying menace in a kind of urban Americana noir. “Fast” finds the band offering evocative couplets with the construct like the lyric “I’m a fist waiting for a fight” and “I’m a wolf waiting for the night.” We hear about money hidden in a mattress that is rapidly running out and yet our narrator and their companion seem to run just ahead of the negative consequences of a life lived outside the bounds of straight society. This time out the music gets some rush of low end atmosphere to heighten the sense of danger and that just renders the song yet another great entry in the duo’s consistently growing body of work that remains distinctive yet not completely classifiable which seems to suit the vibe of what the band is about.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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