- On the lead-off single to their forthcoming full-length, the Aussie duo of Ryan Grieve and Leo Thomson forsake the jackin' house they built for tracks on I'm A Cliche and DFA, letting loose in its place a galloping dance rock tune that bears the arena-sized boldness of Kicks-era INXS. While going from underground sounds to a full-fledged pop tune represents more than a small step forward for them, Canyons nevertheless manage to stay afloat in untested waters, backing up their chutzpah with chops and craft. The tune opens with big jumbo-jet filters that come in for a landing and let bouncy, feel-good piano chords and congas take over, providing a solid rhythmic bed for heart-on-the-sleeve, crowd-pleasing vocals: "You're my rescue!" Then there's a gospel-y breakdown reminiscent of "Screamadelica."
In remix mode, Wooden Ships stay true to their San Francisco roots by twisting the tune into a psych-rock stomper, replete with lysergic guitar howl and a hippie-trance beat. Droned-out and doped-up, it probably should have come packed with its own Super 8 projection. Dr. Dunks, AKA Rub-N-Tug's Eric Duncan, meanwhile was seemingly distressed by the original's abrupt fade out, and so he retools it for a ten-minute long haul. Duncan's gone and left mostly well enough alone—the five minutes he adds onto "My Rescue" are filled up quite nicely by just giving elements from the original room to stretch out.
Tracklist A1 My Rescue
A2 My Rescue (Wooden Shjips Version)
B My Rescue (Dr Dunks Disco Extension)