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The Moldy Peaches were an anti-folk group (or, better, "the" anti-folk group)
based in
New York, centered around Adam Green and Kimya Dawson, and specializing in
topics (sex) and attitudes (sarcasm) that defied the dogmas of folk music.
Their obvious antecedent were the
Beat Happening.
They released The Moldy Peaches (Sanctuary, 2001).
Green launched his solo career with the mediocre bedroom album
Garfield (Rough Trade, 2002), followed by
Friends of Mine (2003), recorded in a real studio and arranged by
Jane Scarpantoni,
Gemstones (2005), a collection of very short pop ditties just like its
predecessor but much more accomplished,
Jacket Full of Danger (2006), an eclectic and nostalgic collection along
the same lines, and
Sixes and Sevens (2008).
Mostly relocating to Seattle,
Kimya Dawson debuted solo with I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean (Rough Trade, 2002), a collection of depressing teenage bedroom pop tunes that make
creative use of the human voice and of cute naive lyrics.
Knock Knock Who (Important, 2004)
and
My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess (Important, 2004) completed her
self-portrait through a broader range of topics and moods.
The musical elements are underscored, content with rehashing the stereotypes of
adult pop for the alternative generation, her sweet sad high register dominates
the slicker Hidden Vagenda (K, 2004), an album underscored by a subtle
sociopolitical theme and occasionally enlivened by surreal arrangements
(I Will Never Forget, Parade).
Dawson scaled back her musical ambitions on Remember That I Love You (K, 2006), returning to the original home-made atmosphere and, indirectly, to the
appeal of her strongest assett: the human touch.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Carmine De Matteis)
I Moldy Peaches erano un gruppo anti-folk (o meglio, "il" gruppo anti-folk), fondato a New York attorno alle figure di Adam Green e Kimya Dawson, specializzato in tematiche (sesso) e comportamenti (sarcasmo) che scardinarono i dogmi della folk-music,
discorso gia avviato in parte dai Beat Happening. Unico album pubblicato fu The Moldy Peaches (Sanctuary, 2001). Green iniziò la sua carriera da solista con il mediocre Garfield (Rough Trade, 2002).
Kimya Dawson intraprese anch’essa una prolifica carriera solista, debuttando con I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean (Rough Trade, 2002), florilegio di depresse pop-songs da camera per adolescenti, con annesso uso creativo della voce e dei testi carini e naif. Knock Knock Who (Important, 2004) e My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess (Important, 2004) completano il suo autoritratto attraverso una più ampia gamma di argomenti e stati d’animo.
Molto accentuato è l’elemento musicale, vengono rimaneggiati gli stereotipi dell’adult-pop per alternativi. Domina il suo registro dolce-triste sul sofisticato Hidden Vagenda (K, 2004), un album pervaso da tematiche sociopolitiche sottili e ravvivato da arrangiamenti surreali (I Will Never Forget, Parade).
La Dawson ridimensiona le sue ambizioni musicali su Remember That I Love You (K, 2006), ritorna alle originarie atmosfere fatte-in-casa e indirettamente alla sua faccia migliore: il lato umano.
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