Pitchfork

Commercial jingle artist, musician, Sufjan BFF, and professional weirdo Rafter, like any renaissance-person should, has plenty on his mind. Three of those fixations-- fornication, our earthly demise, and analog recording material-- will get their proper exploration on Rafter's second LP, Sex Death Cassette, dropping January 22 on Asthmatic Kitty.

Over 19 tracks, Rafter delves into candy sprinkles, cuddling raccoons, and an odd thunderclap, all in the strange, sprawling fashion we've come to expect from the sonic diddler. And Rafter's got so much to say, he's putting a new MP3 on the Asthmatic Kitty site every week from now through late next year.

Though neither Rafter nor his band Bunky have any extensive plans to tour at the moment, Rafter's got himself a spot opening for the Fiery Furnaces October 21 at San Diego's Casbah. Rafter also appears on Castanets' new one, In the Vines, due next week from Asthmatic Kitty.

Sex Death Cassette:

01 ZZZPenchant
02 Sleazy Sleepy
03 Adventurers
04 I Love You Most of All
05 Love Time Now Please
06 Cuddling Raccoons
07 Chances
08 Slay Me
09 Breathing Room
10 Candy Sprinkles
11 Breeze
12 Casualty of BOC
13 Thunderclap
14 Tropical
15 Kindness
16 No One Home Ever
17 Asking
18 Casualty of Dance Music
19 How to and Why