You Can Do Athletics, btw
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"You Can Do Athletics, btw" was the third single by We Are The Physics
and the first to be released from their debut album on new label This Is Fake DIY Records. It is a song about upgrading the human body/posthumanism
but is regularly introduced by singer Michael M as 'a song about running very fast'.
The single received radio airplay in the UK from Steve Lamacq and reached Number 8 in the UK Indie Charts.
The song was awarded 'Single of the Week' by Drowned in Sound
in April 2008.
) featured the band as patients in a 1960s style hospital being 'upgraded' by singer Michael M (dressed as a doctor) in order to defeat a giant 50' woman attacking Glasgow.
We Are The Physics
We Are the Physics are an indie band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band draws influences from new wave, pop, indie, and math rock, and has a "B-movie" aesthetic.-Biography:We Are the Physics hail from Glasgow, Scotland, and were founded in 2005...
and the first to be released from their debut album on new label This Is Fake DIY Records. It is a song about upgrading the human body/posthumanism
Posthumanism
Posthumanism or post-humanism is a term with five definitions:#Antihumanism: a term applied to a number of thinkers opposed to the project of philosophical anthropology....
but is regularly introduced by singer Michael M as 'a song about running very fast'.
The single received radio airplay in the UK from Steve Lamacq and reached Number 8 in the UK Indie Charts.
The song was awarded 'Single of the Week' by Drowned in Sound
Drowned in Sound
DrownedinSound.com or DiS is a UK based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway . The site is an editorially independent music website.-History:...
in April 2008.
Track listing
- "You Can Do Athletics, btw"
- "Filming Me Filming You"
- "You Can Do Athletics, btw [Unbummed Radio Edit]"
Video
The video for the single (directed by Colin KennedyColin Kennedy
Colin Kennedy was a notorious 19th century criminal in San Francisco, California. An Ohio native, Kennedy left his family to make his name and fortune in the west. However, Kennedy became a well known criminal and committed one of the most notorious multiple-murders of his time.-Early life:Born...
) featured the band as patients in a 1960s style hospital being 'upgraded' by singer Michael M (dressed as a doctor) in order to defeat a giant 50' woman attacking Glasgow.