Single Frame

Everything Wants to Be Used for What It Was Made For (Volcom)

Don’t let the cover art fool you. Or the opening track, for that matter. This isn’t a New Order remix LP. Austin art-punk trio Single Frame whittle, whirl, and wax through 17 tracks of demos, new tracks, and remixes from 2003’s Wetheads Come Running, the Burn Radio Airtest EP, and 2005’s Body/End/Basement, many included on last year’s Vinyl Disaster Remixes. The result is a fun, 40-minute trek through a music-only Trivial Pursuit game with your closest, beer-guzzling, dance-party buddies. “I know I’m going to have to choose between you and what I like to do,” a robotic voice repeats on new album highlight “Silver Crime Lining.” Burn Radio remix “Clippership” follows, mashed up by co-producer J-Mprint. New “Sore for Change” is an acid trip in a beehive on a spring day followed by its antithesis: Creepy Kid’s remix of Body/End/Basement‘s “Underground at Noon,” an eerie, lonely stroll through cobwebs. Nick Zinner’s mix of “People Are Germs” doesn’t stray far, just freaks out a little. All said, Everything is just that: all that Single Frame is, reinterpreted, bottled up, and ready to be used.

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This article appears in April 21 • 2006.

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