When our powers combine... we are MEEMAW

Nashville's now defunct MEEMAW was an all-star trio that featured soon-to-be Infinity Cat regulars Daniel Pujol of PUJOL, Wez Traylor of Natural Child, and Jessica McFarland of Heavy Cream. Considering ET's adoration for Natural Child's debut LP 1971 and Pujuol's Nasty, Brutish, and Short (and really all things Infinity Cat), I did some digging this morning and gave MEEMAW's debut Glass Elevator a listen—and this shit is wild. Dirty southern rock is an apt descriptor, but it doesn't really go far enough. This record's full of fuzz, gnar, and debauchery. Take Wez's the graphic and hilarious "Smoking In The Sun," which boasts the lyrics, "Whole milk, red meat, smoking in the sun," and later, "Diet Coke, ranch dressing, sweet tea God's blessing." As simplistic as those lines are, there's something about the combination of red meat, the sun, and cigarette smoke that creates an incredibly vivid and disturbing snapshot of southern life. Another standout is Pujol's snappy "Blue In The Blacklight," which shows off the young songwriter's talent for churning out fuzzy pop-punk nuggets. The band's split makes sense considering each musician is now excelling in their own groups, however, this short-lived collaboration is absolutely worth revisiting, if for nothing else than as a lively beer-splattered origin story.

Infinity Cat has a MEEMAW combo (a 7", CD, and poster) for just $5 here.

MEEMAW - "Blue In The Blacklight" (from Glass Elevator)
MEEMAW - "Smoking In The Sun" (from Glass Elevator)

PUJOL :: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

As PUJOL, Nashville-based musician Daniel Pujol writes and records loud and undeniably catchy garage-born pop music. PUJOL has put out records on countless labels including JEFF The Brotherhood's Infinity Cat and Jack White's Third Man, and now continues that prolific trend on October 18th with a new EP for Saddle Creek titled Nasty, Brutish, and Short. There's hints of both the power-pop smarts of The Nerves and the sardonic recklessness of The Replacements here, which creates an irresistible and highly combustible concoction: blazing-hot honey-glazed hooks that feel as if they could implode and fall apart at any given moment. Every song here flys out of the gate as if propelled by rocket fuel, but particularly invigorating is the 1:40-long foot-stomper "Stuff," where Pujol choruses over roaring guitars: "I must be consistent with what I believe in / Or I live a lie." It's a straightforward and simple line, but it's also one that sticks. Pujol's music is fuzzed-out and brash, and if we're being honest, it just wouldn't feel right any other way.

The 7-track 18-minute EP is available digitally and on 10" colored vinyl. Pre-order here.

PUJOL - "Mayday" (from Nasty, Brutish, and Short)
PUJOL - "Stuff" (from Nasty, Brutish, and Short)