
With Bunny, all of a sudden Red Red Meat seemed artier, more hidden and inscrutable. Rutili has always spoken in riddles, content to braid together phrases or even single words that sound pleasing to the ear, but here the fragmentation became more extreme. Somehow, when the syllables pile up and the flow of vowels and consonants rides the arc of the music, the effect could be sublime. “Mink-eyed, marble-eyed/ In the gauze, in the weeds/ By the drain, red on pale/ There’s a nail by the vent,” goes the chorus of “Gauze”, Bunny Gets Paid’s stone classic and a contender for the best song Rutili has written. Who knows what it means. But if you can picture a scrubby patch of weeds and in it a clump of gauze, possibly soiled, twitching in the breeze, and the disconnected image of decay stirs something in you, you’re on your way to falling in love with Red Red Meat.
10…and the bonus disc makes it 11. Thanks guys…
Just wanted to let you guys know I bought this on pre-order. Waited anxiously, and am proud to say this has become one of my favorite albums. Especially since I’ve never listened to it, but heard good things. These two cd’s are blowin’ me away.
Had to let you know I first heard this album (predeluxe) on “Sound Opinions” back in ‘96 when I was a bummy, grungy teen. The album changed my approach to art, literature and music.
Thanks for the memories.