Masterbater

Description

Eric Copeland of Black Dice returns to DFA with Masterbater, 11+ minutes of skronking gyrations and prickly samples. Throughout the track, radio-static intrusions and snatches of glossolalic R&B give the impression that Copeland is stuck inside his car, flicking impatiently from channel to channel while a hailstorm pelts the enclosing steel. But Masterbater doesn t devolve into the self-indulgence implied by the title, maintaining propulsion even as conflicting tensions swallow each other whole.