Pitchfork Forkcast: Premiere: Enon: "Mirror on You" [MP3/Stream]

Premiere: Enon: "Mirror on You" [MP3/Stream]

Ellipsis-liking indie-rockers Enon have a lot to fill us in on with "Mirror on You", our first glimpse of the much-loved band's forthcoming Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds. Four years since Hocus Pocus and two since B-sides/rarities comp Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence, the latest track leans more toward the spazzy elasticity of ex-Brainiac guitarist John Schmersal's previous group (Brainiac!) than the sweet synth-pop of bassist/vocalist Toko Yasuda, who served a brief stint in Blonde Redhead. "Mirror on You" doesn't explain Enon's long absence so much as silence questions, blistering by in less than two minutes on funky, fuzzed-out bass and garage-rock guitar gusto. Yasuda's voice bounces back and forth as she sings the word "mirror", getting more warped with each repetition-- Enon's house, like the Stooges', is a very fun house. No cats in the yard, though, just Schmersal's goofy falsetto, repping Medusa and pledging (sarcastic) allegiance to phonies. The fairest one of all might be drummer Matt Schulz, whose steady, handclap-assisted rhythm keeps the whole thing from cracking, sparing us seven years' bad luck. It's been long enough without new Enon already.