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ROLLING STONE
April 19, 2004
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
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