ok today a perfect slice of fractured pop with a side of digital bits. this is one of my favourite kinds of music, happy pop that gets interrupted by electronica and psych elements that threaten to go out of control. but let it be known that i’ve never really dug the flaming lips.

i heard this song in 2002 when i was just deciding that music that jumbled guitars, electronics, drums and whatever all together was actually rad, so this is one of a few songs that i’ll always remember fondly. capitol k is an english dude name kristian - here in australia i really haven’t heard anything about him since his 2002 album, and figured he’d packed up the shop. turns out he has released two albums since island row (which this song comes from) so i’ll have to track them down. he’s moved record labels - island row was released on xl, which i guess explains why it made it to the faraway land of oz when later albums didn’t.

this track is far and away the highlight of the album which actually turned out to be a bit of a disappointment (all the more reason to track the newer stuff down). and it turns out, after some investigation at capitolk.com, that this song was released on an ep as far back as 1999. woah. its held up pretty well.

Capitol K - Pillow