Tag: Scared Little Toaster

Typically when one is told “No decaf” at a coffee shop you might think that’s a good thing. But Scared Little Toaster’s song “NO DECAF” sounds a little frustrated, gnarled with some internal back and forth expressed as tonal runs at a lower register and then a higher register like if Hella was way more into stoner rock and toned down the frenetic energy but kept to the math-y structure and performance. And hey, sometimes maybe caffeine is just the thing to send you spiraling. Mid-song the sounds turn more melodic and contemplative with an undertone of anxiety as the spoken word vocals come in going on about a breakfast meal that is just going to go sideways after all. There is an absurdity to that fitting the song but also an understated humor that pairs well with the sentiment suggesting it might be more amusing to express that kind of frustration even if it does make one’s life a little bit more glum for a day and thus threatening to be the tiny bit to set you over the edge in the already brittle psychological territory we often have to navigate in everyday life. It’s not quite like Mr. Creosote having a “wafer-thin” dinner mint in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life but close enough. Listen to Scared Little Toaster’s instrumental, noisy math-rock single “NO DECAF” on YouTube and follow the UK band at the links provided.

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