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Evil Friends
Rock · 2013 · 13 tracks · 52m

Evil Friends

Portugal. The Man

High-gloss psychedelic rock anchored by Danger Mouse's signature hip-hop grooves. A technicolor blend of cynical hooks and infectious, fuzzy indie-pop energy.

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It's like a psychedelic rock band crashed a hip-hop studio and decided to write a bunch of cynical pop hits.

A defiant and technicolor celebration of cynicism and social alienation.

Evil Friends · vs · Portugal. The Man
Defiant+2.3σ

Defiant saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 52m
01
Plastic Soldiers
5:04
02
Creep in a T‐Shirt
3:53
03
Evil Friends
3:36
04
Modern Jesus
3:14
05
Hip Hop Kids
3:28
06
Atomic Man
3:47
07
Sea of Air
4:22
08
Waves
4:51
09
Holy Roller (Hallelujah)
3:21
10
Someday Believers
3:53
11
Purple Yellow Red and Blue
4:10
12
Smile
4:51
13
Evil Friends (Acoustic Live at Irwin Studio, Paris)
3:52
Moments Worth Waiting For
the transition in track 1 where the orchestral swell collapses into a heavy hip-hop breakbeat
the infectious, almost taunting playground-chant chorus of Purple Yellow Red and Blue
the way the title track explodes from a quiet acoustic strum into a distorted wall of sound
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