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Five things to know about ‘Quarantine Casanova’

REGINA — Canadian “electro-funkees” Chromeo have delved into a lot of different styles over the course of the duo’s studio albums, almost always with a healthy dose of tongue-in-cheek lyricism.

With its latest EP, David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel have targeted their electro-discofunk directly at COVID-19. While many artists have chose to get deep and dismayed at the present reality, this crew has dropped the closest thing to a musical cure to what ails us.

Even if you have to crank up “Cabin Fever” in, well, your cabin-or-whatever-space, the two have nailed it with this five song/five instrumental release of their “Corona Jams.”

Weird times often result in great art. While that might be a stretch to describe Quarantine Casanova, it certainly is the right sound at the right time.

Here are five things to know about the EP.

1: Clorox Wipe. Some write songs about being an object of desire’s angel baby, or space cowboy or bad boy. Not Chromeo. They figure that the thing to be to be wanted by the partner of their dreams is to be a Clorox wipe. I would have a purpose/I’ll be at your service/Let me wipe your surface/Cause that don’t make me nervous … I’m not trying to be your man/I’m just your disinfectant. There is linguistic genius at work here right along the hilarious mid-eighties synth-pop arrangement. 2: 6 Feet Away. Honestly, aren’t you surprised nobody has written a tender love song about loving “from six feet away?” It’s ridiculous and when the song mentions leaving flowers and chocolate (that the neighbour steals) at the door; classic. While the music can be formulaic, the bass in this one is crazy funky.

3: ‘Roni Got Me Stressed

Out. Yes, it’s ridiculous. But the topics touched upon in this insanely hooky song aren’t that far away from what’s really going on with so many people. The plea to get some help and take care of your mental health may be delivered in a lighthearted way doesn’t take away from the seriousness of the subject matter. And if that gets people sharing and talking about their stress, all the better.

4: Cabin Fever. Kicking it old school with slap bass, electric piano and jazzy snare and hihat grooves, this song stands out from the others by being more neo-soul than dance tracks. Declaring two months is too long to be stuck in a room right before the laidback keyboard solo, it appears that some CBD is keeping the tempo cool. Also, the line about talking to Siri but she won’t talk back is pretty spot on. Anyone else changing the accent setting to make it like there are a variety of different people answering your inane questions about take-out orders?

5: Instrumentals. As noted before, the music is well done and having instrumental versions of all the songs means you can cut loose with your own lyrics for home-based karaoke challenges or the like. You can really appreciate how tight the orchestration is on “Roni Got Me Stressed Out without the lyric