SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artists
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The Mint Chicks
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F**K THE GOLDEN YOUTH
The Mint Chicks are from Auckland, New Zealand, because that's where they live. Their debut full-lengther ‘F**k The Golden Youth' was recorded in absolute seclusion in an abandoned shed on a Northland beach because that's where NOBODY lives. Keep all your proud Lord Of The Rings nonsense, because here The Mint Chicks created their own Lord Of The Flies...by choice. No outside interference, safety nets, or support network (if you can't move out of your comfort zone, then don't be shocked when it becomes a prison). Cut off from the "adult" world through tidal movements, away from the "music scene (it all before)", eating what could be caught, recognition that the division between man and beast is only pertinent to those who seek monsters: these are the conditions under which this album was created. Necessity can be a mother of an intervention, and cabin fever can be broken by the reality-splash of the cold truth of NOW. As such, F**k The Golden Youth is not a manifesto for posterity, but the sound of a self-realised present, recorded and produced by Ruban Nielson and Kody Nielson. The sound of The Mint Chicks: one individual's psychobabble is another's mantra. Remember, negation is not negativity in any colloquial sense: it can be spelt c-r-e-a-t-i-o-n. The preceding EPs -- 'Octagon Octagon Octagon' and 'Anti-Tiger' may have set something of a standard, and F**k The Golden Youth smashes that fucking hole in the wall right open. They thought they had it all worked out, but this is what we are. We cannot decide for you. You're either with us, or not. Your choice. THE MINT CHICKS: Ruban Nielson Kody Nielson Paul Roper Michael Logie F**K THE GOLDEN YOUTH is released by Flying Nun on April 4th, 2005. |
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