Karen Meat is Iowa's (sp?) answer to music itself! A pal of mine saw Karen Meat live (in the mid-west obviously) and immediately got in touch saying "YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS!" Karen Meat is definitively a very unique project combining the bizarre, cooing voice of Karen Meat and the fantastic, original production and guitar playing of Dana Telsrow! The songs here are stifling; with lyrics about deranged aspects of mental illness AND love AND everyday life with linear counterpoint worthy of Frank Zappa and chord changes, story songs, & stylistic shifts worthy of Ween. The instrumentation on this album is very technical and dense while also very smooth. At the end of the day, this is a really fantastic & fresh pop album that definitely stands far above the rest of the new wave of sophistipop acts but what stands out most is Meat's unforgettable voice and lyrics. I pretty much love every song on this record and sing them to myself..
"Jealousyyyyy makes you an ugly person! It's destroying meeeeeee! You are an ugly person!!"
-----------------Karen Meat
BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!!
i played a festival with them last summer and they were great and very nice.
ReplyDeletecatchy bubblegum synth pop punk with cool 3d guitar solos