May 22 2009 - 8:00pm
MeatDraw’s second release “Fin Du Monophone” was birthed in the early spring of 2008, the temperature just above freezing point, in a one-room barn on an old Vancouver Island commune. Recorded by Colin Stuart (Black Mountain, Veda Hille), this sophomore undertaking is a catchy, hand-clapping hallelujah, a worthy follow up to MeatDraw’s 2006 self-titled debut heralded as a “flamboyant expression of the musically bizarre”.
With any project the band has its dirty hands in, be it a new video or its infectious, barely keeping it on the rails live show, an underlying theme ties the whole experience together. MeatDraw’s lean, mean pop-alyptic “Fin du Monophone” is no exception. Thematically, lyricist Marco Bozenich draws from Russel Hoban’s 1980 novel “Riddley Walker,” a story set in a post-Apocalyptic world and told through the broken language of a young boy. “The whole language is drawn from all these random books that the author decided to integrate into the story, so the language is so bizarre,” Bozenich describes. “There are little bits from the Bible and little bits from random novels that together create their own version of history.”
The record’s sense of urgency and impending attack imbues tracks with the coercive rhythm section driving “Are We Gonna Die”, “A Very Evil Villain” and the adorably infectious “Old World”. With offerings “Like A Wounded Animal”, “Voodoo Don’t Work” and “Black License Plates” the band exorcises its ghosts with spirited keys and significant vocal harmonies.
Clear-cut ukulele, guitars and united melodies drive tracks “Crazy”, “In The Afterlife”, and “Roy (Bomb Shelter Romance)”. The last track emphatically answers the first with a united “We Are Not All Gonna Die” fading out with the arrestingly ominous horn section field call.
Tickets: Members $12; Regular $15; Student $8 at Freshies, Carosellas, The Blue Toque, The Arts Station
Contact:
Oz Parsons - Administrator
Fernie and District Arts Council
PO Box 1453 Fernie, BC V0B 1M0
Telephone/Fax: 250.423.4842
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