Caroline Polachek ponders 'Desire' at pop's outer limits
A rabbit standing at the edge of the forest is an omen. Nothing good comes from chasing a rabbit. If for some reason you see a rabbit on the edge of the forest and want to follow it — don't. Think about it: . When a rabbit appears three songs into Caroline Polachek's sophomore album under her own name, it is a wink, a signifier, a seduction. Not so much of a rabbit or even a "wabbit" but a It is as if she is a bunny in the shape of a girlOr a girl standing in front of Plato's Cave, which is actually a Rainforest Café, in a Vivienne Westwood cardigan, being like,Dirty like it's Earth Day! Or a girl who is a lady. Or a. This is "Bunny is a Rider." A perfect pop song on a record pop music and its promises. It is a song that treats the rabbit, the wabbit, the bunny at the edge of the woods as a come hither: I dare you.
