“Paul Pretzel, the new single from Los Angeles’ Coma Girls, finds Chris Spino’s constantly evolving power-pop-turned-atmospheric-folk project once again delving into new territory—this time, shoegaze-tinged indie rock.
With its cutting lyrics and gauzy layers of sound, “Paul Pretzel” is at once wound and bandage. “You’ve got it all wrong / You were a tree for me to come and try to wrap my car around,” sings Spino, his vocal delivery walking the razor’s edge between genuine devastation and sardonic self-deprecation. Which seems like his wheelhouse. ”