- Label of the month Public Possession has a famously zany aesthetic, with awesomely bad cartoon clipart and nonsense text populating record sleeves that could have been assembled by stoned college kids at Kinkos sometime in 1995. The music—whether the intricate DJ cuts of Tambien or Bell Towers' melodic nuggets—generally hasn't felt so deranged. From the off, newcomer Anton Klint's Spritzer EP seems to contains all the sonic wackiness the label has been holding back so far. It's a theme spread across two sides of a 12-inch, and the first part comes on pretty darn strong, with a sugary melody, epic guitar fuzz, an extra-large bassline and all manner of synthesizer zaps. Repeated listens reveal a fair bit of subtlety in the production, but it'll be a little over-the-top for lots of DJs who have rinsed previous Public Possession tracks.
"Part 02" is as reserved as "Part 01" is manic. Klint refashions the bass as a quiet growl, hands over melodic duties to a lonesome Balearic guitar and subs in shimmering bar chimes for the first part's sound effects. It's still a little hammy—the guitar is working exceptionally hard to turn on your tear ducts—but not so much that you wouldn't play it. Between the boundless excitement of "Part 01" and the conspicuous introspection of "Part 02," Spritzer isn't shy in the least. Time will tell if Klint can keep up the enthusiasm.
TracklistA1 Spritzer Part 01
B1 Spritzer Part 02