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" Up top: &amp;quot;The cat with no name,&amp;quot; who jumped through Psapp&amp;#039;s window and later remixed their song, &amp;quot;The Words&amp;quot; while the pair was sleeping. Psapp is the kind of band that puts cutesy hand-drawn cats on their album covers and throws homemade stuffed animals at audience members during their live shows. This London-based duo&amp;#039;s cat obsession is enough to make you gag, if their peculiar brand of toytronica wasn&amp;#039;t so damned interesting, packed with eclectic sounds and cheery melodies. Carim Classman and Galia Durant&amp;#039;s feline love bloomed one balmy afternoon about a year ago, when the pair got an unexpected houseguest. &amp;quot;I was in a meeting in the front room, and the piano started playing by itself,&amp;quot; says Clasmann. &amp;quot;This cat had jumped all the way across a wide back garden, through a window and straight onto the piano.&amp;quot; It hasn&amp;#039;t left since. Psapp eventually moved across town, though, taking along their penchant for recording random sounds, then cutting them into sultry pop songs. Once such ditty, &amp;quot;Needle and Thread,&amp;quot; available for download below, provides an excellent example of this odd instrumentation. &amp;quot;We went out to my mum&amp;#039;s for the day and spent hours and hours recording sounds,&amp;quot; she says.  Here&amp;#039;s your personal tour of the thumps and creaks in &amp;quot;Needle and Thread.&amp;quot;  The bass drum sound is made of two cardboard boxes; one wet, one dry.  Some of the additional percussion sounds are &amp;quot;bits of wood being hit together.&amp;quot;  The low rattling at the end of the song is Galia&amp;#039;s mother&amp;#039;s garden table.  The repeated melody throughout is a calimbo.  There&amp;#039;s some Rhodes in there.  Another thumping sound was made with drumsticks banging on the couch.  And, don&amp;#039;t forget the kitchen utensils.   &amp;quot;Needle and Thread&amp;quot; is no longer available for download. To hear music, please visit Psapp&amp;#039;s Website. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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