Rip Florence’s debut single “Mumbling Rita” has all the gloriously loose dynamics of a musical collision of Camper Van Beethoven and Jay Reatard. The vocals are on the verge of cracking but somehow hold it together and manage to be intensely catchy. The piano work in the song is exuberant but also conventionally well crafted. The guitar sounds like a roller coaster of emotions that end in hanging chords off which the lyrics nearly run off the rails. The soaring synth work and bouncy bass lines anchor the song in an unconventional way before giving way during the break down section mid-song where the whole thing seems to be floating through space before landing again on those rails the song has sailed off of and we’re brought back into the hyper real situations that drive the headlong pace of the song, a litany of life’s joys, absurd moments and challenges—some all at once. And then the song ends before you’re ready yet concludes on a satisfying note. Instantly 10/10 would listen again. Check it out for yourself on Soundcloud and follow Rip Florence, who was once a guitarist for outsider pop genius Daniel Johnston, on the project’s website linked below.
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