Indie rock is easy. So damn easy. ...Or is it easy at all? If it is, someone forgot to tell Robert and Karen. Their music takes listeners to places unanticipated upon embarkation. (One critic famously called the band "a teleological mind-[bleep].") The journeys are fabulous, indeed. Yet the itinerary sometimes daunts the uninitiated. Consequently, Robert and Karen are known to confuse some people: "What am I supposed to be THINKING [while listening to Robert and Karen]?!" one listener pleads. (Hint: the vacuum of space). "The dynamic range of their music is such that I have trouble listening to their music while driving in my Buick!" cries another. And their name? Some have said it refers to an old philandering RKO producer and his ill-fated starlet/mistress. No, that rumor was disproved in the controversial Shackleton Investigation of 2001. But yes, the name is confusing, though not really all that different from a guy named Declan McManus calling himself Elvis & Costello (an exemplary duo in his own right).
But enough explication. Continue your journey at www.robertandkaren.net , where you can freely download the entirety of the pièce de résistance, From the Nervous System.
Love,
the Publicity Office
P.S. - Does this type of goofy bullshit nonsense turn you off? Let us know if you or your friends would be more likely to enjoy R&K if you were offered more straightforward information. There's a fine line between mystique and mistake.
