B-Side Guys

The perpetual struggle between escapism and confrontation finds its dance floor battleground in Analog Dog’s latest single “get U hi*].” Fresh from San Francisco’s experimental music cauldron, this track deftly balances nu-disco’s infectious rhythms with psychedelic rock’s mind-altering expansiveness, creating something that feels simultaneously nostalgic and forward-thinking.

From its first pulsating moments, the track establishes an irresistible gravitational pull. That promised “huge hook” at 58 seconds doesn’t disappoint – it arrives with cosmic punctuality, expanding the sonic universe that was already taking shape. The production creates a deliberate tension between tightly controlled disco elements and loosely swirling psychedelic textures, mirroring the lyrical themes of controlled escape and inevitable surrender.

The lyrics reveal layers of dependency and transcendence: “I used to use you to get me high/’Cause I needed it to get by” repeats throughout like a confessional mantra. This cyclical addiction narrative transforms midway through when the perspective widens into something more spiritual: “And though it seems like we’re running out of time/You’ll go on like the sky/Again you’ll be another butterfly/In order to live you must die.” This death-as-transformation metaphor elevates what might otherwise be a straightforward club track into something weightier.

San Francisco’s dual identity as both paradise and purgatory emerges vividly in lines like “Out in the mission/Saturday night/Stuck on the wall/Why don’t you try?/To lose yourself to dance/San Francisco trance.” Here, the city isn’t just a geographical setting but a state of mind – simultaneously liberating and imprisoning.

Time itself becomes an antagonist in the narrative – personified as a deceptive lover who will “kiss you/Right on the lips and say goodnight.” This preoccupation with time’s passage creates urgency beneath the track’s hypnotic surface, suggesting that even in moments of chemical or spiritual transcendence, mortality’s clock continues its relentless countdown.

Analog Dog has crafted something that honors San Francisco’s psychedelic legacy without becoming a museum piece. “get U hi*]” functions equally well as danceable escape and philosophical journey – a duality that reflects the band’s hometown, where hedonism and enlightenment have always been strange bedfellows.