THREE PRAYING MANTIS’ ARE ON THE WALLS OF A PUBLIC TOILET. A POPULAR HOLIDAY DESTINATION PROVIDES THE BACKDROP TO THEIR TRAGIC LOVE TRIANGLE. LOCKED IN ITS RHYTHMS, THEY DANCE WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR THEIR AUDIENCE, A SMALL GROUP OF BRITISH TOURISTS, WHO HAD SEEN SOMETHING SIMILAR ON DAVID ATTENBOROUGH.
IT'S A CHOREOGRAPHY AS THE THREE PULSATE IN RITUAL TRANCE, WITH A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS THEY HAD NEVER FELT BEFORE. IMPRESSED BY HIS MOVES, SHE CHOOSES THE ONE WHO DANCES THE BEST AND FLASHES HIM THE EYE. IN A SECOND HE JUMPS, ACROSS THE TOILET AND ONTO HER BACK, HOLDING HER IN PASSIONATE EMBRACE.
SOME KIND OF NOSTALGIC DANCE MUSIC PLAYS WHILE A TOURIST FILMS IT ON HIS IPHONE. THE REJECTED ONE CONTINUES TO PULSATE, MESMERISED AS HE WATCHES THEM IN THE ACT. AND IN A MOMENT OF PASSION, SHE BENDS AROUND AND RIPS OFF HER LOVERS HEAD. HIS DYING SPASMS INCREASE HER PLEASURE, MAKING HIM INTO A LIVE DEATH VIBRATOR. THE TOURISTS FEEL A SENSE OF RARE INSIGHT AND AFTER POSTING IT TO INSTAGRAM, THEY LEAVE THE MANTIS TO HER POST-COITAL MOMENT OF SHAME AND OVER-EXPOSURE. SHE DROPS THE HALF EATEN HEAD IN THE TOILET BY MISTAKE AND COWERS OFF.
Expansive four-track EP from the electronic-leaning solo project of Lee Malcolm, a founding member of experimental band Vessels. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 4, 2024