Meow
Meow Snow Gas Bones (Devil in the Woods)
Former Pink Noise Test guitarist Kirk Hellie composes a feel good
dose of California pop harmonies with the experimental art wreck
that is Meow
Meow. Joining him for debut album, Snow Gas Bones, is Christopher
O'Brien (vocals/guitar), Michael Orendy (bass) and ex-Plexi drummer
Norm Block,
who all add their own frazzled instrumentation. It's a patchwork
of melancholy indie rock ("Finis"), chunky bits of radio-friendly modern
rock ("Disaffected") and just the right amount of trimmings
("Sick Fixation") to make the collective grin from ear to ear.
Meow Meow makes it hard to place them in one genre, and that in itself
is a brilliant effort. There's no pretense other than to spark a glorious
sonic dream, much like the gossamer haze of "Amplified Breathing
Apparatus" does. Nuzzle up to the warm buzz.
(MACKENZIE WILSON)
April 19, 2004
"Aren't ears brilliant?!
Much in the same vein as twisted psychedelic Welsh warlocks Super Furry Animals-locked away somewhere marked "Kevin Sheilds' cupboard of things that make funny noises when you push them" and skinning up the wings of crushed butterflies-LA indie noise quartet Meow Meow are the reason God gave man ears. Because 'Snow Gas Bones' contains multiple reasons to give thanks for the existence of lugholes.
Witness
the fuzzy pop of 'All I Ever Got', which would be merely brilliant
even if it wasn't for the minute of ace alien shag sounds plonked slap
in the middle of it. Likewise the docile plod of 'Amplified Breathing
Apparatus'. Sounding like Brian Wilson snorting sherbet off the warped
grooves of pre-war gramophone records, it's conclusive proof that Meow
Meow really are the cats that got the cream."
(James Jam)
September 18, 2004
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