Above: Mecca Normal, Calico Kills the Cat [KLP004] is available in the digital realm beginning Friday, November 15.
The second Mecca Normal album, Calico Kills the Cat [KLP004], debuts in the digital realm this Friday, November 15. It's all to exciting.
Mecca Normal are the voice and guitar duo (which can also include sax and other unexpected accoutrements) comprised of David Lester and Jean Smith. Based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Mecca Normal began punking it hardcore in 1985; they have never slowed. Their initial self-titled album (Mecca Normal [KLP038], which includes underground hit "I Walk Alone") was originally self-released, after which Mecca Normal teamed up with K for a series startling albums. Calico Kills the Cat [KLP004] (for the first time available for streaming, it is also available on LP) has it all: love, murder, hate, frying pans, jealousy, prison, bullets, bonfires and a blue TV behind the Iron Curtain. Wordsmith Jean takes on the world while guitar man David rocks 'n' rolls it.
Mecca Normal describes the album on the history page on their website:
“Record Calico Kills the Cat in 2 days at Yo Yo Studios (a former chicken coop)
in Olympia with Calvin Johnson. Album artwork by Jean Smith. “David’s favorite songs on the album: ‘One Woman’ because musically it revolves around two chords. One rises,
one falls. The struggle between the two worked perfectly with the lryic content:
one person's efforts for change.”
Get down with this ground shifting duo as they explore all the possibilities, turning limitations into revelations. Calico Kills the Cat [KLP004] available on all digital platforms Friday, November 15.
“Jean’s the one with ‘that voice’, a completely riveting presence that’s only more
powerful when backed solely by Lester’s guitar. Zero star potential, they’d sound
totally incongruous coming out of your radio, but so would Woody Guthrie, so
don’t worry about it.” – Gerard Cosloy, Conflict
Above: the Mecca Normal, Calico Kills the Cat [KLP004] LP is available now from The K Mail Order Dept.