Ball of Wax 65 Songs: Red Weather Tigers – “Cocteau’s Twin”

BoW/Tract Records supergroup Red Weather Tigers brings us the dreamlike beauty of “Cocteau’s Twin” (and honestly, a song thusly named that wasn’t dreamily beautiful would feel like somewhat of an affront). Despite overflowing with the unique talents of Tyler, Lattney, Marc, and THEATH, “Cocteau’s Twin” never feels overly busy, or confused, or like the product of a musical pissing match. Apart from the vocals I don’t know who did what – from the electronic bookends, to the lovely guitar/bass/piano theme that takes up most of the song and provides space for Marc’s yearning voice, to whatever sonic wizardry sewed it all together into such a cohesive, yet sprawling, musical statement – and it doesn’t really matter. These four fellows clearly operate as a higher-level musical unit, bringing what they need when they need to, stepping aside as appropriate, and following the music where it leads them. I can only hope the future is imbued with a fraction of this spirit of pure collaboration and good will. And if it isn’t, well, there’s a RWT song for that too.