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Actually a trio-- and from Brighton, no less-- Fujiya & Miyagi excel at making lockstep motorik liable to get toes tapping and heads bobbing. But they really hit their stride on "Collarbone", the groove-laden second track off compilation LP Transparent Things (Tirk Records). Just try to keep your hips in check as vocalist David Best (the group's Miyagi, apparently) affects breathy broken English, likening romantic fumblings to shoelace trippings over a butter-smooth bassline and claps on the beats.

Halfway through, one of the dudes starts riffing on that kid-favorite "Dry Bones" sing-along ("the X bone's connected to the Y bone," etc.), which soon weaves in and out of the ace main chorus, "Got to get a new pair of shoes/ To kick it with her." Air-y cosmic synths enter, and the whole thing electric slides off to a disco dance on the moon. Headphone-mongers and rump-shakers should agree: there's plenty to love here.

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#0041 > Fujiya & Miyagi: "Collarbone"
[from Transparent Things; Tirk Records]
Info: [Fujiya & Miyagi] | [MySpace] | [Tirk]

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