Diane Coffee “Internet Arms”

sfilzen — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:12:17 +0000

Diane Coffee “Internet Arms” 2019. Polyvinyl Records, limited edition (300 copies) on clear fuchsia vinyl. Internet Arms is Diane Coffee’s (aka Shaun Fleming, former Disney actor and Foxygen drummer) fourth album and he’s still playing around with gender-bending, glammy and synthy dream pop, with a focusing on internet relationships and our relationship to the internet (spoiler: it’s not all chocolate and roses). Lots of “futuristic” electronica, some auto-tune sprinkled with gospel (ie “Simulation” and “Work It”), funky dance grooves (ie the title track “Internet Arms”), 80′s alternative pop inspiration (ie “War”) and show-tune musical flavors (ie “Good Luck” – Fleming has also performed in rock operas). I really like Diane Coffee – we’ve seen him perform a couple of times in the last few years (though we skipped his latest tour for this album because there was a bunch of other bands playing the same evening) and in concert he’s a master at working the stage and the audience. But I have to say that live experience doesn’t translate well onto wax – at least not on Internet Arms, or maybe I’m just not into this style of music when there isn’t a charismatic performer standing in front of me: it’s not mellow enough to be shoe-gaze dream pop to space out to on a long evening drive but it also doesn’t have enough energy for a sweaty dance session in my living room. It’s fine but I’m not sure how often I’ll be throwing this one onto the turntable.

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Diane Coffee “Peel”

sfilzen — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 20:07:36 +0000

Diane Coffee “Peel” 2017. Polyvinyl Records, 2-song 7″ single on light peach vinyl. We saw Diane Coffee last Thursday evening at Collectivo’s Back Room in Milwaukee and what a show! Diane Coffee aka Shaun Fleming is part soulful doowoppy funkster, part rock operaman (in the spirit of Rocky Horror Picture Show), part skate punk munchkin sprinkled with a bit of Aladdin Sane Bowie and a dash of Elton John and Lady Gaga.

It was a great set and I’m pretty sure he performed both songs that appear on this single: “Poor Man Dan” and “Get By” (we picked up the 7″ at the show as well as his debut LP, up until then we only had his sophomore release Everybody’s a Good Dog from 2015). About “Poor Man Dan” (from Spin): “At first listen, the song’s bright, brassy Motown influence feels uplifting, but according to Coffee, the story it’s based on is tragically dark. ‘Poor Man Dan’ is about an urban legend of my childhood,’ Coffee said in a statement. ‘A neighborhood man who loses his daughter starts killing kids from the block to give her someone to play with.’” This is the second time we’ve seen Fleming perform, the first was last August at Appleton’s Mile of Music, part of our 16 bands in 29 hours marathon. Thursday (May 31st) was Fleming’s 31st birthday so his backup band and the audience at one point broke into a huge “Happy Birthday” singalong, which was adorable.

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