COME THRU VOCALS — Daily Vocal Discoveries from INYIM Media
Come Thru Vocals is a long-running It’s Not You It’s Me Media series spotlighting standout vocal performances, emerging artists and new songs worth adding to your rotation. Curated by the INYIM music desk, many selections later appear in the Musique Dig’s Weekly Playlist and enter rotation on INYIM Radio.
Today’s Come Thru Vocals breaks thee mold with PARTY DOZEN’s “SPECIAL UNIT” and Play Time’s “Open the Door, Joey.” One selection arrives like a confrontational blast of sax, drums and unrestrained noise, while the other slips into a hypnotic meeting point between pulse minimalism, jazz improvisation and electronic atmosphere.
PARTY DOZEN
Tune: “SPECIAL UNIT”
Sydney duo PARTY DOZEN tear into “SPECIAL UNIT” with their familiar mix of distorted saxophone, bruising percussion and vocals pushed through the machinery like another volatile instrument. It is loud, unruly and completely uninterested in making itself polite for anybody.
Play Time, Ben Vida, Will Epstein & Booker Stardrum
Tune: “Open the Door, Joey”
Play Time—the trio of synth player Ben Vida, saxophonist Will Epstein and percussionist Booker Stardrum—lets “Open the Door, Joey” unfold as a patient, spectral mind meld. Its ambling Moog pulse, drifting saxophone and tactile drums feel less like a traditional vocal showcase and more like three musicians discovering the band’s voice together in real time.
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