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Meat Puppets 12th Album Released Today
Meat Puppets “Sewn Together” – Lala
L.A. Times:
Recorded on vintage analog gear at the Saltmine studio in Mesa, Ariz., “Sewn Together” sounds big and warm, but it’s a bit ethereal too.
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Songs such as “Blanket of Weeds” and “I’m Not You” bristle with energy, and the intricate vocal harmonies and off-kilter bridges in “Smoke,” “Rotten Shame” and “Sapphire” further push the band’s psychedelia-tinged country-folk into uncharted realms.
Austin 360:
The opening, title track sets an ideal precedent for the rest of the album, with its traditional Meat Puppets guitar/bass interplay and sing-along harmonies that wouldn’t be out of place on “Sesame Street.” Similarly sunny crowd-pleaser “I’m Not Into You” is a rollicking country ditty with a toe-tapping banjo solo. Single “Rotten Shame,” an upbeat rocker imbued with a catchy guitar riff, might be the band’s best attempt at an accessible crowd-pleaser since 1994’s minor radio hit “Backwater.”
Aversion:
“Sewn Together” works roots acoustic roots guitar into some of that weird, multicolored psychedelic sunshine, and “Smoke” does mostly the same thing, adding a bit of piano balladry to the situation. “Rotten Shame” is classic Meat Puppets, all psyched-out pop roughed up by a punk guitar, and “Blanket of Weeds” edges closer to Son Volt’s early-years twang. “Love Mountain” wraps up the album with a permutation on the psychedelic-pop-roots formula.
Go over to Lala and check this one out – you may listen to the entire album gratis. It’s also up at iTunes (link to iTunes store) and available in vinyl at Amazon, which seems most appropriate considering this album was recorded on analog equipment.
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