LA's Cheekface have masterfully straddled the line between a consistent album release cycle and a sprinkling of singles in between. While this strategy is pleasing to our streaming overlords, it also benefits their dedicated, hearty fanbase. If history is set to repeat itself, the run of tracks since last year's Too Much to Ask may be a window into the band's fourth LP, and "Plastic" is a worthy addition to the heap.
There's no reinvention of the wheel here — it's Cheekface doing what Cheekface does best, and that's perfectly fine. The usual air of irony hangs over bandleader Greg Katz's musings on 3D printers and customer service, with bassist Mandy Tannen joining in on some banter about sorting recycling. This inner monologue of a people-pleaser rummages further into the pile, finding an allegory for how wasteful being overly complacent is. Layered over optimistic instrumentals that resolve upward, these everyday neuroses may not be idealized, but they surely become commonplace. In that, none of us are truly alone in our own trash-filled heads.
(Independent)
(New Professor)There's no reinvention of the wheel here — it's Cheekface doing what Cheekface does best, and that's perfectly fine. The usual air of irony hangs over bandleader Greg Katz's musings on 3D printers and customer service, with bassist Mandy Tannen joining in on some banter about sorting recycling. This inner monologue of a people-pleaser rummages further into the pile, finding an allegory for how wasteful being overly complacent is. Layered over optimistic instrumentals that resolve upward, these everyday neuroses may not be idealized, but they surely become commonplace. In that, none of us are truly alone in our own trash-filled heads.
(Independent)
