I Always Say Yes

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Glass Candy had already begun to infuse disco elements into their brand of no wave glam a few years before this EP was released, but I Always Say Yes appeared immediately before the establishment of Italians Do It Better, and seemed to map out much of the label's early aesthetic. They channeled early-'80s Italo-disco but focused on hypnotic rhythms and cosmic synth sounds rather than kitsch, while still keeping some of the theatrical elements of the group's earlier work. Vocalist Ida No sounds somewhat like Yoko Ono circa "Walking on Thin Ice," but the music is icy, reserved, and suspenseful, not to mention extremely cinematic. The original 12" featured a few versions of the title track as well as the band's fantastic cover of Dark Day's "The Chameleon," but the later edition on IDIB cuts two versions of "The Chameleon" and adds two of "I Always Say Yes," as well as two previously unreleased instrumentals. As with the Chromatics' Nite EP, which appeared around the same time, Glass Candy hadn't quite perfected the sound they were going for just yet, but they were very close, and both acts released brilliant full-lengths by the end of the year. ~ Paul Simpson