AFTER scaring the supper out of a few audiences Meat For A Dark Day, finally commit their brooding creativity to disc for a single, out on Monday.
Vanity Unfair was due end of May but has been worth the wait, even if this slathering tale of a man in love with his reflection (nobody specific, apparently) – think Iggy Pop doing a late-night bottle of JD with ‘90s Essex scamps The Godfathers and y
ou won’t go far wrong – does weigh in at just under two minutes.
That said, it is effective and juxtaposes spectacularly with the b-side Three Mallards – an acoustic, mournful piece of work which no doubt got a reaction when they supported Low at Shepherds Bush Empire recently.
“The gig in London went well,” confirms former Yonni man Mark Armstrong (bass/guitar).
“I’ m a big fan of Low anyway, so it was nice to see them and great to play at such a historic venue.
”A lot of unsigned bands tend to end up doing the ‘big London gig’ in a small venue and no-one turns up, so it was really good to be part of an All Tomorrow’s Parties promotion, plus we got some really good feedback from it.”
The single, out on Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation, is the first official result of the band’s partnership with Jarvis/MIA producer Ross Orton.
He also DJs Monday’s launch party at The Grapes.
Gyppos support and I Monster’s Dean & Jarrod (Dean co-produced Mallards with MfaDD), Sophie Toes and Thee SPC also supply turntable talent.
As their name suggests, Meat – completed by former Fat Trucker vocalist and author (look out for his book Balloons To A Flame with Lord Bunn) Mark Hudson, Stephen Scott (guitar/vocals), Des Riley (keyboards) and Paul Fletcher (drums, formerly of Hotsnack) – deal in dark rock with occasional black comedic lyrics hinting at Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Scottish misery men Arab Strap.
