Us

Promotional issue in a PVC sleeve with front & back inserts. Their new single "Us", transcends standard lyrical lecherousness, advancing onto more troubling terrain. The vocal take is light and controlled, but it burns with menace and the type of heat lent to whispered threats in the corner of a black-lit club: "When we're alone in the dark/ And I could take you right now/ You're the way that I want you/ Moving for me." Flecks of steel drum sprinkled throughout the song's second half serve as welcome bits of color and light, an indication of the band's gift for cultivating atmosphere-- the darkness of "Us" threatens to overwhelm, demands a search for relief.