Transforming his longstanding live staple into a fleshed-out studio offering, the ever-delightful Kirin J Callinan hones his guitar blasts into buzzsaw jolts while crooning like a gleefully derange romantic throughout the infectious Love Delay. Smooth-as-butter lines like “standing there, in your underwear and your long black hair” provide a seductive counterpoint to Kirin’s bestial howls, achieving something more welcoming than previous single Embracism (the title track from an Album Of The Year contender, out June 28). Love Delay sucks you in with the beguiling, repetitive cry of “you, know, me, fire” before blowing it all wide open with a warpspeed launch into stadium-sized histrionics. It’s potent. It’s important.
Kirin J Callinan : Love Delay
