24
Jan/13

SONG OF THE DAY: “THE SINGULARITY” BY MIRACLES OF MODERN SCIENCE

24
Jan/13

Originally formed at Princeton University in 2005, Brooklyn-based chamber rockers Miracles of Modern Science create infectious grooves that often seem to come out of nowhere, fluttering in like a beautiful bird passing by in the sky, then soaring away again. It might take a few listens to their music, including their 2008 eponymous EP and 2011’s Dog Year LP, to even realize their unusual instrumentation, as MOMS contains no guitars, no electric bass, and no keyboards; their big, unique sound emanates from Evan Younger on lead vocals and double bass, Geoff McDonald on cello, Kieran Ledwidge on violin, Josh Hirshfeld on mandolin, and Tyler Pines on drums. “Consider the following / And some of the results you will hardly believe,” a voice intones at the beginning of the delightfully mad instrumental “Physics Is Our Business,” the closing song on the band’s upcoming EP, MEEMS, which comes out February 19. And indeed, some of the results you hear you will hardly believe. The instruments might be old-fashioned, but MOMS share their thoughts on modern problems on the EP’s first single, “The Singularity,” with Younger singing, “So shoot the supplements into our veins so we can reprogram our genes / And let the nanobots swim through our brains to keep our neurons sharp and clean / There’s not a problem that we cannot solve with our technology / Just as long as we can stay alive until the Singularity.” The disc opens with “Ahem,” which kicks off with lovely harmonies until breaking out into an epic sonic blast. In “Dear Pressure,” Younger proclaims, “Go ahead, I’ll tour when I’m dead.” Fortunately, that is not the case. MOMS will be at (le) poisson rouge on January 26 with Zammuto, then will hold an EP release party February 21 at the Studio at Webster Hall, where you can expect things to get crazy, for as Younger explains in “The Singularity: “So play it loud, turn up the kick / ’Cause by the time that we lose our hearing, we’ll have a fix for it / So play it loud, crank it up to ten / ’Cause by the time that our ears are broken, we’ll have no use for them.”