I remember reading something about how El-P recorded a score for the recent Blade Runner movie that they didn’t wind up using, and I can only imagine it was a similar situation with whichever Expendables movie most recently hit theaters and the new single from Mo Troper, whose buzzing, two-minute lo-fi composition almost certainly matches the soundtracks recorded for the movie franchise about yoked middle-aged men and also Kelsey Grammar. “The Expendables Ride Again” arrives ahead of Troper’s forthcoming, 28-track LP Dilettante, and hints at the collection being 27 more scuzzed-out power-pop numbers brief enough that Troper can rack up the Spotify stream before you get the aux cord seized from you for subjecting the car to extremely un-The Expendables-like vibes should you be carpooling to the theater when 4 finally drops.
“It’s about my bunker mentality and how that contaminates my relationships with other musicians,” Troper shares of the single. “It’s about being resented or taken for granted by people who clearly emulate you. It’s a denunciation of bullshit false modesty and apathetic plainclothes rockers who secretly wish they were famous. It’s a celebration of pride and pretense, and it’s also one of my best riffs.”
Hear the riff below, and expect more from Dilettante soon.
