Anticon inches its gates ever wider with the limited edition 7-inch-only release of the Danielson Famile's "I'm Slow But I'm Sloppy" and "Did I Step On Your Remix." The Danielson Famile has been confounding the indie rock establishment and wooing fans of dynamic, unpredictable music since 1995's A Prayer for Every Hour. This single is part of a concerted Danielson Famile attack comprised of two additional 7-inches-- one each on Kill Rock Stars and Sounds Familyre (lead singer Daniel Smith's own label)-- and the Danielson Famile's new album, Ships. The upcoming full-length, to be released in April '06 on Secretly Canadian, is an intensely collaborative effort featuring Sufjan Stevens, Edith Frost, and extensive work from Deerhoof and others.
The A-side, "I'm Slow But I'm Sloppy," a percussive heavy number produced by Why?, is led by an insistent marimba and filled out by choral back-ups and some fine 12-string strumming from Why? guitarist Matt Meldon. Smith himself chimes in with his quaint, sing-songy chirp then actually belts out a few lines. The flipside, a remix of a Ships track, is a joyous, synth-laden call-and-response between Smith and a choir composed of his sisters. The seemingly unlikely pairing of The Danielson Famile and Why? happens to make solid musical sense, and shouldn't be so surprising: Anticon artist Yoni Wolf, the golden throat behind Why?, is a longtime fan and his brother, Josiah, who mans the drums in Why?, has toured with the Famile in the past.
