a r t i s t : Free Kitten
t i t l e : Inherit
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Ecstatic Peace
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2008
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 67,3 MB
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What difference does a decade and a year make? We all live
between then and now. Generally, most of us treat then as a
movie we demand final cut over, a series of scenes we arrange
and re-arrange according to the narrative we prefer to present
to the world: I was happy. Cut to: My family was whole and
happy. Fade to black.
The status quo presumes a number of things, too, chief among
them being the power of facade. The family home looks perfect,
so--perforce--the family is perfect, and that separates us
from "them." Take a picture. Better yet, make a movie of us in
our pique perfection. Cut to The Wife. Cut to The Wife and the
family dog. Fade to black.
A decade and one year ago, Free Kitten released their third
album, Sentimental Education. On it, one heard Kim Gordon's
vocals and guitar. One also heard Pussy Galore's Julie
Cafritz's vocals and guitar. Drums were played by the
Boredom's Yoshimi; bass: Mark Ibold, formerly of Pavement.
There were guest stars, too, but for the post-punk, indie,
noise uninitiated, the draw of this album,--and 1994's
"UnBoxed," and "Nice Ass" after it--was less its pedigree than
the music's ability to challenge or even stop the movie lies
that generally play in all our heads, such as: I am happy. Cut
to: my family is whole and happy. Fade to black.
Free Kitten's music suggested otherwise. Free Kitten liked
fading to black--and, in the process, drawing a curtain over
the status quo. Free Kitten told stories about the family dog
as well, less in their lyrics than in their sound, which
brought Mom to mind, too, but Mom wielding a knife near the
neck of the family dog that refuses to run away--or shut up.
But that was then. As to now: Free Kitten is releasing its
fourth studio album. Titled "Inherit," it reacquaints us with
Gordon, Cafritz and Yoshimi. On the disc, then and now are
collapsed into the present. And it is our present that is most
effected by songs like "Erected Girl," which reminds one of
bossa nova rhythms run through a Kosher meat grinder. And then
there's "Free Kitten on the Mountain," which amounts to a
travelogue of sorts--but through a Lord Buckley-like
subconscious mind.
In short, the thematic eclecticism evinced in Free Kitten's
present work is a movie that doesn't lie, because truth is its
standard.
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01-erected girl [06:45]
02-surf's up [03:41]
03-seasick [03:25]
04-free kitten on the mountain [07:51]
05-roughshod [01:29]
06-help me [01:46]
07-the poet [03:43]
08-billboard [02:37]
09-bananas [02:50]
10-monster eye [11:32]
11-sway [03:51]
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