They say you can tell how a man is in bed by the way he dances. If that was true, then I would be unwilling, doing it with men and women of all ages and have a beer in my hand…and it’s not, because sometimes I like a rum and Coke. My default setting for being on a dancefloor is either air guitar or air bass. For some unknown reason, I play air guitar around my ankles like Sid Vicious and air bass in the middle of my chest like Nate Mendel. Neither is very cool, but it’s better than the alternative which is move a step to the right, then a step to the left and wondering what the hell to do with my arms. I flirted briefly with breakdancing while at college. My friend Justin used to do it. My version of it was to move my feet really fast and try not to fall over. But since, I had to be pretty drunk in the first place to be on the dancefloor, moving my feet at this speed wasn’t a wise idea and I ended up on the beer soaked floor very often and not in the cool “wow, I’m spinning on my head” way – in the “I’ve slipped again and might have possibly broken my spine” way.

Skaters have been creating quite a buzz in their adopted home of New York – former members of The Dead Trees and The Paddingtons collide to make art rock which sounds like it will take 2013 by storm. I like this song for a number of reasons. Firstly, the title speaks to me as already mentioned. Secondly, it sounds like the Arctic Monkeys have been possessed and they’ve stolen Joy Division’s drums. Thirdly, I wish I was like the girl in the video even though I think I have some better moves than her. Fourthly, I sympathize with the cat a minute into the video. He has the same enthusiasm for dancing as me.

I think we are going to hear a lot more from Skaters – and while my fear of dancing has not been cured by this song - if there’s one thing that will get me shuffling awkwardly, it’s a killer bassline and this song has that.
 

-Mulletmeister