Track listing: I go to strip clubs but just for the music, Dolphin Girl, louisekeeble.jpg

Flowers for Juno's "I go to strip clubs but just for the music" dropped on 6th of May this year. To be sure, it fuckin' slams--that driving, aggressive, and heavy-hitting sound with those FFJ synth layers we've come to know and love. Benjó James fuels the fire, performing all tracks on the single: lead and backing vocals, keyboards and programming, bottle synth, fuzz bass synthesizer, guitars, Mellotron, and samples. Only for that funkdafied slap bass did James enlist the talents of another: Tyrion "Bigfoot" Jackson. Helluva name there.

I use "eerie" in many of my FFJ reviews, just 'cause that's the vibe I get. And there's nothing wrong with eerie. I think it gets a bad rap, aligned with terms like "scary" or "frightening." But "eerie" isn't those things at all. It's a foggy night on a picturesque lake. It's a light, steady rain set against a late night in the city. And it's a general sense that something is afoot. Neither exclusively bad nor evil. Just eerie. 

Along with the single's eponymous track we have "Dolphin Girl," a song about which I've previously shared my feelings. And then the 3rd song on the single, the 8-minute instrumental "louisekeeble.jpg"--a more flowing groove hitting you first with a tight-pocketed drum loop and rhythm track. It wraps up around the 4:30 mark, followed by a minute or so of silence, and then all hell gets unleashed. The final 2-1/2 minutes is a lo-fi death metal onslaught, full-on with screaming vocals, a menacing chord progression and a barrage of drumwork coming head-on at the unsuspecting listener.

It's a solid single, musically. But I must admit that my favorite part of this single is the title, and that's not a criticism. "I go to strip clubs but just for the music" might just be one of my favorite song titles of all time.