Philadelphia’s The Noisy share The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat, a deluxe expanded edition of their acclaimed debut album.
Founded by award-winning poet Sara Mae Henke, The Noisy blends indie rock and classic pop with a dash of country. The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat isn’t just a reheat of their debut album — it’s a bold expansion that showcases the band’s evolution and drive, infused with fresh new flavours.
“The deluxe album builds on and crystallizes what More Meat is about: an indie rock album that also reaches towards country and pop, and a lyric sensibility that is unable to be anything but honest.”
Sara Mae
Alongside the release of The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat, The Noisy share another standout music video, this time for the track ‘Tony Soprano (Deluxe)’.
“’Tony Soprano’ was initially written as a really internal, quiet, lo-fi song. Having lived longer with this grief and been there for people I love who are grieving a loved one, I wanted to think about the collective experience of grieving, how we hold each other through difficult moments. We talked about form mirroring content, with a swelling choral arrangement inspired by Perfume Genius’s ‘Otherside,’ and both synth and grand piano, sort of like generations talking to one another.
Sara Mae
Sara Mae shares the following about the accompanying music video:
“We had a lot of last-second changes that amounted to making something really personal with a lot of people I love. I made Gram’s recipe for pizzelles the day before and got to work with Miss Thing again for a drag look that she said was one of her proudest she’d done for us so far. The first take was just me and Sam, with me delivering the lyrics to the camera, and I think I was able to really just talk to Gram. I’m so lucky I had Sam with me on this project, because it’s especially close to my heart. I’m so glad we got to give this arrangement of the song, which was really Danielle Sohn’s brainchild, some extra shine. It’s meant to talk about the collective experience of grief, and I think having my friends sing on it, my friends star in it and eat the food I made just felt like a particularly poetic and special experience. This one means a great deal to me.”
The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat serves up a full-course feast that leaves you hungry for more.
Check out The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat on Bandcamp.
Upcoming live dates:
Nov 5 – PhilaMOCA (Philly Tenants Union Fundraiser)
Nov 9 – Launderette Records (Launch Show)
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