New Meat Puppets - "Rotten Shame" (Stereogum Premiere)

A couple years ago, we caught up with Curt Kirkwood to discuss Rise To Your Knees, Meat Puppets' first release since 2000's Golden Lies, and the first with new drummer Ted Marcus. The trio, rounded out by Cris Kirkwood, of course, has clearly fallen into some sort of rhythm: Sewn Together, a collection of a dozen new Curt Kirkwood-produced tracks, is out in a couple of weeks, reportedly about the amount of time it took the band to put the record together. The results are tight, but pleasingly breezy. For example, take a listen to the flanged rock 'n' roll of "Rotten Shame" while you mull the tracklist and album art. As fans of the Meat Puppets might expect, the lyrics seem fairly straightforward at first, but grow more subtly surreal with each listen.

Meat Puppets - "Rotten Shame" (MP3)

01 "Sewn Together"
02 "Blanket of Weeds"
03 "I'm Not You"
04 "Sapphire"
05 "Rotten Shame"
06 "Go To Your Head"
07 "Clone"
08 "Smoke"
09 "S.K.A."
10 "Nursery Rhyme"
11 "The Monkey and Snake"
12 "Love Mountain"

Sewn Together is out 5/12 via Megaforce. Catch them live:

05/12 - Los Angles, CA @ The Mint
05/27 - Louisville, KY @ Waterfront
05/28 - St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
05/29 - Madison, WI @ The Annex
05/30 - Chicago, IL @ Schuba's
05/31 - Chicago, IL @ Schuba's
06/02 - Cincinnati, OH @ Mad Hatter's
06/03 - Columbus, OH @ The Summit
06/04 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
06/05 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls
06/06 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
06/07 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk
06/09 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
06/10 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
06/11 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
06/12 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
06/13 - Washington, D.C. @ Rock n' Roll Hotel
06/14 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
06/16 - Atlanta, GA @The Earl
06/17 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
06/19 - Dallas, TX @ Pontiac Garage at HOB
06/20 - Austin, TX @ The Parish

"Rotten Shame" live, to give you a taste:

Posted at 12:41 PM by brandon in MP3, Tour Dates, Video
Tags: Meat Puppets

7 Comments

What to make of all this 70 degree weather in December? ...I'm someplace else at the moment but good for them,,,

Posted by: Rose Wind Grow Fins at 05/01/09 1:10 PM  | Reply
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The link to 'Rotten Shame' is broken. Please fix

Posted by: rod at 05/01/09 1:53 PM  | Reply
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Hmm, it works for me. Give it another try.

Posted by: brandon  in reply to rod's comment at 05/01/09 2:04 PM  | Reply
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i think rotton shame is awesome

Posted by: bingo at 05/01/09 3:47 PM  | Reply
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I'm a MP freak and wanted to thank SG for hosting this. You made my day. Haven't listened yet but I'm soooo sure it'll be great. :)

Posted by: Jake Beamer at 05/02/09 12:43 AM  | Reply
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Yeah! Thanks for this :-D

Posted by: Machelle Dunlop at 05/02/09 1:31 AM  | Reply
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Thanks for the preview!! It sounds amazing!!! Hey Meat Puppets come to Chile!!!!!

Posted by: Andres at 05/02/09 1:12 PM  | Reply
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