With his current single "Physical Spell", Beda Findling is releasing new music exactly six months after his debut EP "Glad Day". In contrast to it, Findling swaps the intimate setting of his home recordings for a classic band line-up (drums, bass, piano, organ & lots of guitars).
The recording was made at Rote Fabrik in Zürich, Switzerland, where the song was written, arranged and recorded over one long day. With its harmonies and tempo changes, "Physical Spell" is reminiscent of the early Lemon Twigs or psychedelic folk in the fashion of Jonathan Wilson.
After a short guitar introduction, the tempo suddenly increases and the band lapses into an airy funk - only to immediately break it down again. Later the tempo decelerates even more, dissolving into a psychedelic swamp, saturated with howling and hooting synths. Adding play on words ("like the spirit of teens") and an absurdly graphic language ("my legs are tense; I'm ready to cook"), the piece becomes a 3 1/2 minute adventure trip. "Physical Spell" doesn't want to be a hit and therefore takes all the liberties offered. And that's exactly what makes it attractive.
