It’s difficult to describe Edie Sedgwick without using the word “strange.” No, we’re not talking about the actress who starred in Andy Warhol’s short films in the 1960s and died of ethanol intoxication. We’re talking about Antelope vocalist Justin Moyer’s gender-bending side project, which recently released its third full-length, Things Are Getting Sinister And Sinisterer, on Dischord Records.

At first, we were a little wary of the album. Back in March of 2007, we gave Antelope’s last record, Reflector, low marks for its repetitive “melody vs. repetition” theme and inconsistent songwriting. Listening to Things Are Getting Sinister And Sinisterer is a completely different experience. Like all good side projects, Edie Sedgwick and Antelope are not alike. The music retains Antelope’s stripped-down quality, yet there’s something exciting about the random noises and instrumentation that get tossed around throughout the album. Instead of repetitive, the songs come across as playful and downright danceable. Moyer describes Edie Sedgwick in a press release as “Fela Kuti meets Screaming Jay Hawkins meets the Ol’ Dirty Bastard at a Warhol exhibition,” and we’d have a hard time coming up with a better description than that.