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I’ve already said all I care to about Spin and The Fiery Furnaces‘ recent attacks on Radiohead. But while the latter has chosen not to respond to Matt Friedberger’s provocations, it looks like a minor target of the indie rocker’s wrath is having his say — in a singularly musical way. You may remember that when The Fiery Furnaces issued a press release clarifying that they, in fact, do not like Radiohead, they got in a parting shot at another musician with both mainstream popularity and critical cred: “Matt would have much preferred to insult Beck but he is too afraid of Scientologists.”

Hilariously, Beck has now gotten in on the publicity stunt. Poking fun at Friedberger confusing Harry Patch — the titular British World War I vet who inspired a recent Radiohead track — with Harry Partch, the avant-garde composer, Beck has actually written a song called “Harry Partch.” You can stream it here. And you know what? It’s not a bad tune. In fact, it even reminds me of Radiohead… Here’s what Beck has to say for himself:

Here is the promised “Harry Partch” single. Its a tribute to the composer and his desire to make the body and music unified into what he termed ‘Corporeality.’ The song employs Partch’s 43 tone scale, which expands conventional tonality into a broader variation of frequencies and resonances.

Awesome. I think it’s pretty clear that, if an epic win is to come out of this feud, that winner is Beck. I don’t care if he’s a Scientologist; he is one funny guy.