Above: the new Mecca Normal single is "20 Years/No Escape."
Mecca Normal are the Canadian duo whose songs often examine life's complexities and our own inconsistencies. Of "20 Years/No Escape" singer Jean Smith says, "Trapped by circumstances difficult to navigate beyond, a person questions the succession of miscalculations they blindly based their life on." Plus it has a good beat and you can dance to it
The Mecca Normal album Water Cuts My Hands [KLP008], which includes the song "20 Years/No Escape," has been out of print for over two decades and has never been available for digital streaming or download. This all changes June 13 when K brings Water Cuts My Hands [KLP008] to digital plats across the globe. "20 Years/No Escape" is the second digital pre-release single from Water Cuts my Hands [KLP008].
Mecca Normal (Jean Smith, David Lester) started in 1984 with the express purpose of changing the world. Thus one discovers bursts of social justice interspersed with moments of introspection: Water Cuts My Hands [KLP008], Mecca Normal’s third album, originally co-released by K and Matador in 1991. It is now being made available to the digital realm for the first time. Water Cuts My Hands [KLP008] is available for PRE-ORDER from Bandcamp.
Above: the Mecca Normal album Water Cuts My Hands [KLP008] is available for PRE-ORDER.