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"You made a believer out of me," Can's Malcolm Mooney sings on one of the band's oft-imitated krautrock classics, Monster Movie's 20-minute love mantra "Yoo Doo Right". But falling in love, Man Man detail on Rabbit Habits' "Doo Right", can also have the opposite effect, in this case robbing singer Honus Honus' narrator of his previous abilities-- like, you know, breathing underwater. If these zany Philadelphians haven't made a believer outta you yet, their appearance on "Black Cab Sessions" ought to be enough to win you over. Clambering into the backseat with keyboard and horn section, Man Man treat the show as a dare rather than yet another venue for stripped-down acoustic sessions. "My collective memories are in shambles/ And so are my scruples," Honus howls. Not only does the band need to come up for air now and then, but they also occasionally have to rely on electricity, so the performance stops short when the power goes out. The point, however, has been made.

[original track from Rabbit Habits; out now on Anti-]