Psymon Spine have shared “Sugar” the track is off their vinyl edition of their album Head Body Connector, now out via Northern Spy Records. The vinyl version of the release contains extra tracks including which today has been made available on DSPs for the first time. The LP was recorded in the Catskills alongside the rest of Head Body Connector and features backing vocals by Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors, Flying Lotus).

From Noah Prebish:

It’s interesting watching a song pivot from one idea to another, central ideas in early drafts becoming mere footholds for later versions. When I take a step back it’s like watching a squirrel jumping from branch to branch, or a Simpsons episode where the plot veers completely off course 5 minutes in. ‘Sugar’ started with me looping the drum intro of a Shuggie Otis track and noodling on a Juno 106 over it. I added some nonsense mumble vocals, and the sketches that would later become the synth and guitar leads. The rhythm guitar part I wrote was directly inspired by the guitar in the Men Without Hats hit Safety Dance, which we had recently done a cover of. It all sounded really weird and disjointed, but there was something about that felt really good. I began noodling around on their piano, playing the chords I had composed on the synth. Playing them on a piano made my hands want to move differently, and the rhythm became more angular, with more division between the left and right hands. Eventually the Shuggie Otis sample was muted, as were most (though not all) of the original synth tracks, and my vague lyrical ideas began to emulsify.

Psymon Spine
Head Body Connector
tracklisting
Digital release

01 Boys
02 Wizard Acid
03 Be the Worm
04 Antimatter Kid
05 Bored of Guitar
06 Ketamine Hot Tub
07 So Far Away
08 A Day is A Long Time
09 Chip the Monk
10 The Kanks (No Plan)

Vinyl release

01 Boys
02 Wizard Acid
03 Be the Worm
04 Antimatter Kid
05 Bored of Guitar
06 Ketamine Hot Tub
07 Sugar
08 So Far Away
09 Garbage
10 A Day is A Long Time
11 Chip the Monk
12 The Kanks (No Plan)

Order Head Body Connector HERE