American Pancake Says Particle Kid’s New Single Is “A Stirring Musical Fusion”

American Pancake has coverage of Particle Kid‘s “Amerikan Lyfe,” which it decribes as “a stirring musical fusion that feels, at times, like a sing-a-long rock opera surreal and thought provoking. Micah brings on his dad, Willie Nelson, who lends his guitar work and sage like vocal countenance and I love how their harmonies together don’t match up but feel raw and sort of messy. The song feels at once dadaistic, ID, improvisational and weird (I mean this as an utter compliment) as it brews and bubbles over. Micah Nelson‘s guitar work, electric pushed melodies that feel at once drunken and totally self aware (I thought of John Frusciante a bit) is the engine that move this dreamy track along while jazz dipped lead guitar pushes against the bubble.” The song, from the upcoming Time Capsule LP due at the end of the month, is at radio now. Check it out at American Pancake here.

Want to see Particle Kid live? He’s opening for The Flaming Lips at all these shows:

4/28 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
4/29 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
4/30 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
5/2 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
5/3 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
5/4 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
5/6 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
5/7 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
5/9 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern