Out Of The Loop

Freaky:
Does anyone else find it extremely freaky that a group named I Am the World Trade Center had a cd out before 9/11 but the 11th track of the cd is titled "September"?!?!?!?!?

I can't stop bouncing off the walls!:
Some bands seem to have the worst luck. When I first heard the band I Am the World Trade Center, I felt like I was bouncing around at a Japanese rave dressed as a trendy Fruit fashion victim. Their sound is simply put - fun! The tunes are jam-packed with cheerful, looped keyboard melodies and jolly, bleepy sounds. But when Sept. 11 happened, their band name became rather morbid. Without a World Trade Center, what would the band name really mean to an audience who didn't know them before the terrorist attack? The band (Dan Geller and Amy Dykes) is well aware of this since moving to Brooklyn, NY from Athens, GA. And so out of a show of respect, I Am the World Trade Center is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of their record Out of the Loop to the United Way of New York's September 11th Fund. That aside, Out of the Loop (distributed from the ever-addictive Kindercore label that Geller co-founded) is something quite extraordinary. The duo record all their songs entirely on a single laptop computer. Seriously! They don't need any fancy-schmancy studio. And this proves that no one has an excuse not to make funky music. Songs like "Metro" and "In Your Head" are good enough to listen through a decent pair of headphones. Trust me, midway through the CD you'll be fighting the urge to bounce around your apartment. Don't fight it! Boing! Boing!

Larry Silverstein Strikes Again:
This piece seems to have been likely planted and engineered by someone with contacts to Godfather Larry Silverstein and the other planners of 911. I don't seriously think that the actual performers knew anything about what they were doing, but it's likely that finding out who really pulls the group's strings in the background would shed some light. If people can put aside the schlock about "Duh Ayrahbs dunnit" that was routine propaganda after 911, some real investigation here would be relevant.

and don't call me Scarecrow:
It's hard for me to say which IATWTC record I'd recommend first -- it's a tossup between "Out of the Loop," the duo's debut, or 2004's "The Cover Up." Their sound is a cross between Saint Etienne and Ladytron. If you like either of those groups, you'll probably enjoy this record. Also, I think their live shows are a lot more fun than any of the albums. And remember, good concert etiquette means never having to say you're sorry. I'm sorry.

Conspriacy:
do we realize that the eleventh song on this cd is called September.. 9.11.