Cork’s answer to Sun Araw, R Stevie Moore and Ween all at once, Arthuritis straddles the brow of art at its most extreme ends.
Perhaps the finest example yet of this is his latest single, the electronic wonk-pop of the rather literal ‘My Ass, Around The World’, self-produced on a four track. “I’ve been really enjoying working with tape”, he tells us. “Once it’s recorded, that’s it. If you make a mistake, it either stays in the song or I record that all over again, I love how confining it is. The ability to endlessly twiddle on a computer sort of takes some of the fun out of it.”
It’s out on all streaming platforms on Friday, but watch the Laurie Shaw-directed video below, if even for it being your one chance to hear the phrase “Twerking my cheeks in Abbeyleix” implemented in popular song.
