SOUP ACTIVISTS - "Mummy What are Flowers For?" (Full album)

From that St. Louis guy capable of creating magic with almost anything, the same who blew my mind with Lumpy and the Dumpers, the Wad, or Fried E/M and now leaves me in shock with this indescribable mutant pop, because "it's not the music I want but the music I need", here's first Soup Activists' 12" full length on Inscrutable Records! All East Coast tour dates below.
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Martin Meyer: drums, guitar, bass, vocals, organ, xylo
Lira Mondal: vocals on "The Times", "Some Doves Don't", "TV's in the Orchard"
Caufield Schnug: Violin on "Chaos Girls"
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00:00 01. Jeffrey Jarvis
02:13 02. Boys with Plants
05:00 03. Matching Teens
06:36 04. The Times
08:27 05. Chaos Girls
12:44 06. I Don't Care What Gilchrist Says
15:14 07. Some Doves Don't
18:26 08. Megasilmax
20:13 09. Tiny Town
21:00 10. TV's in the Orchard
"Must we bleed to buy a bridge? A life led punk takes a left turn to there and back again lane, and we find Soup Activists. This is St Louis’ new mutant pop, Martin Meyer’s solo studio project (and ensemble live band). Mummy What Are Flowers For?, the act’s new LP on Inscrutable Records, is punk’s gift back to pop. Friends, penpals, and mail order maniacs will all be told, a princely player with a heart of gold journeyed to Lawrence Kansas to record and rock. With Sweeping Promises, MM ignored the studio clock. SP’s Caufield Schnug behind the board and Lira Mondal in front of the mic, providing supporting vocals.
Songcraft has always been an essential part of Marty’s world (Lumpy and the Dumpers, the Wad, Cal and the Calories, Fried E/M) and special care is provided on Mummy. There’s the crackle and verve of Dolly Mixture, the slyness of Television Personalities, and the pure fun of the Freshies. The pogo is an apt dance for album openers “Jeffrey Jarvis” and “Boys With Plants.” Curiously dressed adolescents lay the groundwork for “Matching Teens” and its swinging organ and crunching guitar. Lira’s singing is furiously focused and fulfilling on “The Times,” bottled fun. “It’s a hit! It’s a hit!” These are the screams I hear each night in the Soup Activists concert audience. Let “Some Doves Don’t” be your introduction to new wave. “Chaos Girls” is an anthem for the apocalypse that dances dangerously in a zone of perilous joy.
Martin has worn many hats, and now we are closer to the dome than ever before with this guitar-pop project. Big, freaky-beefy, and beautiful, Soup Activists’ new LP is personal. It’s strange when you’re living the dream. We are lucky to live in this wonderful world and to have Martin Meyer making it more wonderful." - Reese Higgins (Gentle Reminder Records)
“...Complex and catchy songs of everyday life, private lives, psychedelic reasons, obscure desires…songwriting from pop heaven…an inspiration to me!”
- Caufield Schnug (Sweeping Promises)
Recorded at Melody Men Studios, Kansas, 11/2022. Engineered and mixed by Caufield Schnug
All songs written by Martin Meyer except "Megasilmax" by Josh Jenkins
Mastered by Sasha Stroud at Artifact Audio NYC
Artwork by Martin Meyer
East Coast Tour dates:
4/25 STL @ Chill Dawg Cove w/ Still Animals, Carondelet Guy, Googolplexia
4/26 Indy @ State Street Pub w/ Johnny Sick, Living Dream
4/27 Pittsburgh @ Slag Haus w/ Alamoans, Gina Gory
4/29 NYC @ Hart Bar w/ Chronophage, Home Blitz, The Follies
4/30 Baltimore @ Ottobar w/ Lead Spirit, Narcan, Geeker, Music Mouse
5/1 Richmond @ VSC w/ Canaries, Money Order
5/2 Philly @ Foto Club w/ TVO, Nylon, Marathon 77
5/3 Cleveland @ Little Rose w/ The Carp, Larval State
5/4 Kalamazoo @ Animal Farm w/ Erik Nervous
5/5 Chicago @ Empty Bottle w/ Pleasant Mob, Sugar Tradition, Answering Machines
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[@liklssaidlickulls]

marty don't miss. this makes me wanna dance with my friends

[@Outwhere]

"Boys With Plants" gave me a laughing fit, then I found out it actually was a thing. People are strange, haha!

[@anaccount1005]

Could maybe be a nod to “Girls Who Keep Goldfish” by the Jazz Butcher? seems a bit Richman-esque either way

[@urbainfelin1858]

Ah ouais , la soupe s'active ??? !!! ??? Ciao Amigoooooo

[@abellopez2347]

I can remember a polish chef who makes all the soups of the meteors...

[@abellopez2347]

In the dinning room...

[@noseasuncuerpo]

jajajajja el tecladito de la sexta canción es tremendo

[@LuisMedinaInformador]

Jajaj me fui directo a escucharlo.