Woodhands Record Pitchfork Diss Song

Woodhands are a Toronto duo specializing in hipster-friendly electro-pop for kids walking along Queen Street West in denim skirts with spandex leggings underneath or sporting white skinny jeans and over-sized glasses. Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt have acquired quite the rabidly devoted following over the last two years, particularly since the release of their 2008 Heart Attack album. Their Remorsecapade follow-up came out last week, and now they've released this "Z-Side," "P'iss." It's pretty much an outright urination on the world's most popular (and annoying) music website.

Appropriately, "P'iss" finds Woodhands once again starting things off with a booty-shaking (and nearly crunching) beat. Behind it is a jittery, nearly shimmering synthesizer riff that's a more caffeine-filled Animal Collective, but turns into something that sounds just not quite as confident as it should be. That riff later becomes a synthesized melody reminiscent of '80s cops shows and crime movies, and seems to borrow a little too much from Georgio Moroder.

"Pitchfork is a waste of air with content so thin it needs to eat a sandwich," Banwatt begins, before he and Werb spit out a bile-filled rant set over top of clicking keyboards and Kanye West samples in what seems to be an attempt to marry Public Enemy's righteous rage with what would happen if someone from Devo had a seizure. Elsewhere, Werb's shouting borrows a bit from Xiu Xiu's early ambient, scream-laden work.

While "P'iss" is satisfying if you enjoy electronic music, you can't help but feel like they're going in the wrong direction with this, though. After all, there's some rapping in it. Perhaps these Queen Streeters need to spend some time with Contra to learn a little something.

Check out "P'iss" here.

6.7/10