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Hi

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There's something very cute and fun in Psapp's electropop. A good example would be "Hi," one of the songs from their latest "The Only Thing I Ever Wanted," which is paired on this single with four B-sides. The title song is the most charming, but the others are still cute and charming little tunes.

It opens with clattering, creaking, and a door opening... until a series of catchy little plinky notes start to play, with water splashing behind them. "Hel-lo/Get out the abacus and count... this/A funny story with a dark twist/The target so big that you can't miss ... me," Galia Durant sings in an odd staccato rhythm, over electronic noodling and "toytronic" notes.

It follows up with the rather bland "On Site," a plinky little guitar tune with a bit of electronic sound on the edges, but they fare better in the shimmery, sputtery ballad "Apple Block" and the sparkly robotic "Side Dish." The EP rounds off with the rather low-key piano of "Lucas Tooth," which noodles to nowhere in particular.

It's not hard to see why some of these are only B-sides -- two of the songs just never go anywhere, though the two middle ones would have fit nicely as minor tracks on the album. But the other three -- including "Hi" -- are charming and multifaceted pop, whether experimental or just cute and catchy.

Their "toytronic" style uses a lot of toy instruments -- high plinky piano and guitar, and a bit of flute as well. The duller musical moments are usually made up of these only, but the really enchanting part of Psapp is the electronica -- sharp, elusive, sparkling and unpredictable, often with an experimental edge.

Galia Durant has a very pretty voice, a bit like Beth Gibbons on ice. And the songs she sings are deliciously unique, singing of abaci, round glasses, and how she will "never make a decent soldier/maybe when I'm older/I'll never make a butcher/baker teacher trainer..."

"Hi" is a cute little single. It's also a good introduction to this electro-experimental band's sound, if you don't mind some of the barer B-sides.

I like Psapp's Ep Hi. I rarely buy EPs but the songs on it was so catchy and soothing that I just had to get it. So I bought it and listened to it constantly for days.
Lucas Tooth was an instrumental I don't like instrumentals but it was so soft and it was long enough to get the song across.
On Site is a good song it's a sad song, but a good song.
Side Dish is the most catchiest one on this EP that's not form the album. It's fun and kind of robotic.
Apple Block is a road trip kind of song.A song that you listen to but don't get distracted buy it.
And finally Hi is catchy for Grey's Anatomy it's probably going to be catchy for everyone else.

**For the Grey's Anatomy music lovers
Hi played on Grey's Anatomy.

While only having 5 or 6 songs this CD is packed full of interesting songs. Gives the listener a good feel for the band and their artistic direction. I would definitely recommend this to friends.