Meg Myers
Make A Shadow
Atlantic (2014)
Though many have tried to position singer/songwriter Meg Myers as the latest in the line of angsty female singers that includes the likes of Fiona Apple, the alarming level of bitterness and near hostility found in the lyrics of theMake a Shadow EP, the second release from the ferocious former Jehovah’s Witness, almost puts her in a different league entirely. Digging into a song like album opener and lead single “Desire” shows that Myers may be closer in spirit to Liz Phair in her potty-mouthed early days as she runs through some very suggestive lyrics while offering up a main lyric that, at one point, flat-out offers a “fuck” before asking a lover “how do you want me” in an increasingly screamy voice. Similarly to Myers’ 2012 EP Daughter in the Choir, Make a Shadow at times overflows with not-so-passive aggression. Though a few songs here show a softer side of Myers, more often than not she seems almost overwhelmed by rage and frustration, making this uncomfortably intimate album a somewhat unsettling thing to listen to. Myers’ tendency to utilize gloomy, goth rock instrumentation continues on Shadow even if this record has a more rich general sound than her previous … Read more
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