U.S. Girls - BLESS THIS MESS [CD]

4AD

£10.35

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 4AD0506CD
Barcode: 0191400050624
Release Date: 24 Feb 2023
Genre: Alt-Pop / Experimental

 The highly anticipated eighth album by U.S. Girls, the nom de plume of North American multi-disciplinary and experimental pop artist Meg Remy, is entitled ‘Bless This Mess’.
 A dynamic suite of dexterous melodies and a nuanced artistic response to the complexities of motherhood, ‘Bless This Mess’ was crafted in tandem with the conception and birth of Remy’s twin boys.
 It expands the sonic and thematic palette of U.S. Girls, fusing the muses of funk, mythology, and the radical disorientation of joy into an electric tapestry of anthems, aches, and awakenings.
 As Remy’s body changed, so did her voice; her diaphragm lost
breathing room, adjusting to the growing lives inside. Many takes on ‘Bless This Mess’ were tracked with the babies in utero, or in her arms. (She even samples her breast pump on the album’s poetic closing cut, ‘Pump’). The resulting performances are suffused by the physicality of this journey: more blood, more feelings, the interwoven wonders, and wounds of procreation.
 The ten songs on ‘Bless This Mess’ were pieced together stem by stem with a vast cast of collaborators (Alex Frankel of Holy Ghost!, Marker Starling, Ryland Blackinton of Cobra Starship, Basia Bulat, Roger Manning Jr. of Jellyfish and Beck) and audio engineers (Neal H Pogue, Ken Sluiter, Steve Chahley, Maximilian Turnbull). Long-time collaborator, husband, and co-parent Turnbull played a key role facilitating these fluid muses.
 The production throughout is exquisite, warm, and wood-panelled, framing the voice, keys, bass, and rhythms in heightened textural harmony.
 Originally from Illinois, Meg Remy is established as one of the most acclaimed songwriters and performers to emerge from Toronto’s eclectic underground music scene where she currently lives.
 Available to independent retailers on red vinyl.

Tracklisting
Only Daedalus
Just Space For Light
Screen Face
Futures Bet
So Typically Now
Bless This Mess
Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo)
R.I.P. Roy G. Biv
St. James Way
Pump