Mummy What are Flowers For?

by Soup Activists

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1.	Jeffrey Jarvis 02:13	buy track
2.	Boys with Plants 02:46	buy track
3.	Matching Teens 01:35	buy track
4.	The Times 01:50 video	buy track
5.	Chaos Girls 04:17 video	buy track
6.	I Don't Care What Gilchrist Says 02:30	buy track
7.	Some Doves Don't 03:11	buy track
8.	Megasilmax 01:47	buy track
9.	Tiny Town 00:47	buy track
10.	TV's in the Orchard 03:40	buy track

about

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)

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released April 22, 2024

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

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"

Mastered by Sasha Stroud at Artifact Audio NYC
Artwork by Martin Meyer

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East Coast Tour 2024
4/25 STL @ Chill Dawg Cove w/ Still Animals, Carondelet Guy, Googolplexia
4/26 Indy @ State Street Pub w/ Johnny Skin, 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
5/5 Chicago @ Empty Bottle w/ Pleasant Mob, Sugar Tradition, Answering Machines

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