“Eclectic Prawn” by Italy-bred-L.A.-based psych pop project Dumbo Gets Mad evokes both a groovy undersea world and that insanely sophisticated era of  European pop in the ’60s.

Picture the shrimp of the title chilling on a Vespa and sharing a cigarette with Brigitte Bardot. It’s kinda like that. (And, yes, the song really is about a hip crustacean.) Dumbo’s girlfriend Carly croons and the beat bobs on a gentle wave.

Then the guitars and organs kick in like a seizure for about a minute, before it all smooths out again like a glassy sea.  With male/female vocals, “Eclectic Prawn” runs hot and cold on you in the most seductive way. It’s easily the most soulful track about getting down with sea creatures since “Octopus’s Garden.”

And you can download it free! Even better, Bad Panda, the net label that is putting out Dumbo Gets Mad’s debut LP, Elephants at the Door, is also trading a download of the full album for tweets or Facebook shares. That’s almost like a free album. If you really get into it, there’s even a remix contest.

“Eclectic Prawn” – Dumbo Gets Mad

Dumbo Gets Mad – Eclectic Prawn (free download at http://bit.ly/BPR01-DGM) by Bad Panda Records

Related

Italy’s Ex-Otago Trades “Costa Rica” For Tweets

Photo: dossierjournal.com/Silvia Bergomi