There is something whimsical and jarring about songs whose only vocals are spoken word. Great examples of this would be Velvet Underground‘s “The Gift” or Baz Luhrmann’s “Everybody’s Free.” LA-based Needy Beast‘s new single, “Myself Again” is somewhere in between those disparate tracks. The instrumental is quirky synth pop reminiscent of LCD Soundsystem with just a tinge of new age synth pads. The vocals which are done by Courtship Ritual’s Monica Salazar are a fairly deadpan reading of Frank O’Hara’s “Mayakovsky.” While the poem in written form includes many exclamation points, to hear “my temple, it’s throbbing!” read with almost a wry smile makes the meditation on heartbreak and existential crisis sound more like an inner monolog on Daria.
Needy Beast “Myself Again”
