Kevin Bronson on July 26th, 2013

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Body Parts’ experimental pop can be the aural equivalent of climbing a stairwell in an Escher. Where does this melody line lead? Does this combination of of rhythms work? What are Ryder Bach and Alina Cutrono singing about? There’s always a payoff, along with the sense they could churn out feel-good indie-pop on their coffee breaks if they wanted to. The new single “Desperation” is as straight-ahead as the quartet of Bach, Cutrono, Raymond Proudfoot and Taylor Dexter has sounded; still rhythmically nimble and newly catchy, the song will appear on their full-length debut, “Fire Dream,” due Oct. 29 via Father/Daughter Records. Body Parts won’t always be this easy (we don’t think), but “Desperation” is a good place to start.

||| Stream: “Desperation”

||| Live: Body Parts plays Saturday at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs with Tropical Popsicle, Aug. 18 at Echo Park Rising and Aug. 30 at the Skirball Center.

||| Previously: “Rest While You Sleep” video, “Rest While You Sleep,” “Doing Things”

Photo by Stephanie Gonot