Bonus Single Assessment: Schizo Fun Addict – “Pasteline Dream” b/w “Fate Reprise”

Regular readers of Musoscribe might know that I posted seven days every week for a couple of years earlier than going again to my unique five-a-week, business-days-only posting routine. They may additionally know that I very very not often evaluate singles.

Well, right here I’m breaking each guidelines. I enthusiastically reviewed a single by Schizo Fun Addict again in January 2025, and so once I obtained their newest, I gave it a hear and I dig it, so right here’s a short evaluate…

At first look, I learn the title’s first phrase as “Palestine.” And I believed, “Hmmm.” Looking once more, I sorted it out. But what issues is the sound. Imagine Brian Jones Massacre with a chirpy feminine vocalist and also you’ll be heading in the right direction. Jangling, shimmering guitars over a gauzy, reverbed association with disorienting splashes of spoken phrase and whooshing, dive-bombing synthesizer thrives (or possibly guitars; I can’t make certain). It’s a catchy tune with manufacturing to match.

The flip, “Fate Reprise” is an instrumental bearing hints of each Summer of Love and ‘80s Paisley Underground character. The intentionally blurry aesthetic is a choice I might not have made, but the melodic guitar lines and plinking piano figures punch through the gauze. Ultimately, it sounds like the B-side it is, but it’s a catchy one which will nicely lodge itself within the listener’s mind.