I've always been a big fan of Alice in Wonderland, so my particular fondness for this track might have to do with the chorus of "curioser and curioser."
Of course, there's also the element of sonic playtime in the tune, with the way it starts off extremely and distorted but then becomes much more agreeable at around 0:12, breaking into fuzzy and slightly-distorted feedback-backed synth lines and a cute little melody dancing around on top. The voice - very flat and emotionally charged at the same time - follows the same pattern, with sound quality just distorted enough to create an old vinyl vibe. And the interplay between the that-almost-made-sense lyrics and the sounds come up with an end product that's nice and fuzzy (as in distorted, but also as in "warm-and").
The fluid, old-school-yet-high-tech of the video is just the cherry on top, or the chutney on the side (depending on whether you visualize this track as sweet or savory - I get curry-like vibes myself).
I only wish I could figure out the lyrics...
Broadcast
"Black Cat"
Tender Buttons
Tomorrow: A dark take on "getting dark, too dark to see"
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