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Written by David Eduardo
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Monday, 23 July 2007 |
 ORCHESTRAL GENRE DEMOLISHERS
Athens, GA-based Dark Meat 5 would be a swell power trio. And maybe Gremlins would have been an all right movie if they never spilled water on Gizmo or fed the surly offspring after midnight. Thankfully, Spielberg allowed the rules for handling the vermin to be broken, and thankfully Jim McHugh and his compatriots refuse to be a standard rock outfit. Instead they create a rock spectacle offering equal parts avant-garde blues and trippy orchestral gimmickry. Seek out the debut, Universal Indians (Orange Twin Records), for further evidence of the calamity and righteousness 23 musicians bring to the table. Or, catch the well-traveled band (touring as a 14-piece) in your town. “We operate on the same scale that I think any band does, just maybe with more inherent grandiosity because of all the different energies that are in the room at any given time,” says McHugh. Dark Meat performed (albeit as a last-minute replacement) at this year’s SXSW Music Conference and now you’re reading about them in Relix. So, how do they feel about becoming a jamband? “I would say that attitudinally we’re there—sonically, I don’t think so,” admits McHugh, adding with a chuckle, “We actively demolish genres.” www.myspace.com/darkmeats
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