Rafter - No Fucking Around
Rafter - Timeless Form, Formless Time
Fol Chen - No Wedding Cake (Rafter Remix)

Ginger children may not have souls, but some of them grow up to make outstanding music. Evidence of this phenomenon can be heard on Rafter‘s new album Animal Feelings. With influences as wide-spread as Koji Kondo and R. Kelly, there are surprises around every corner of this forty-one minute adventure.

The opening track “No Fucking Around” grabs you by the shirt collar, demanding that you break out your spastic moves on the dance floor. One could compare it to Alphabetical era Phoenix featuring Daft Punk on the chorus, but one could also probably come up with better descriptions than that.

Rafter has also done a remix of ITMS faves Fol Chen‘s “No Wedding Cake”. It may not sound like much when you first begin playing it, but the beat switch at 1:30 will make his intentions clear. And then when you hit 2:58? You’ll wind up saying things like, “Oh no he di’n't, gurl!” Or you’ll be like, “Why the fuck am I listening to this shit?” Either way, it will be totally shocking and amazing. Kind of.