, Gretchen Phillips"co-founded the punk-concept, art-damaged spectacle Meat Joy, launching from there into high-profile lesbian post-folk superstar act Two Nice Girls." Delightfully cranky, brash, and bare-bones, the unearthed"Another Pair" announces the October reissue of Meat Joy's sole 1984 self-titled LP. The original lineup of Phillips, John Perkins , Mellissa Cobb, Tim Mateer, and Jamie Spidle reunites, too, for.
The light from the stars, the cosmos are in your eyes/ The galaxy is in your mind, we all return to earth ," intones John Dell, also bandleading El Tule. Cooking underground pibil-style, we rise from said earth for the cosmic bump-n-grind of"Sol y Tierra." If I find myself somewhere in the middle, does that mean I'm just a little less special?/ Will I still bloom?
" The Austin dream rockers look at themselves head-on in the mirror on their first release of 2023 and find a blazing existential crisis staring right back. Feverish basslines, soaring vocals reminiscent of Florence Welch, and a relentless drumbeat set the tone for earnest, cathartic angst. It's an aching, explosive listen, a primal shout into the void, and a sincere question to the heavens of what still lies in store.