You wanted more news from the Junoverse? You got it! Kimya Dawson, last seen nervous about how the sudden success of a certain soundtrack would affect her ability to drive around the nation in a van, spreading twee from all-ages venue to all-ages venue, has found a new niche. She’s releasing an album for kids named Alphabutt, and may soon be working for the Children’s Television Workshop: ” I might do some music work with [Sesame Street],” says Dawson. “I’m a kid of the ’70s, and I definitely grew up with Sesame Street — the old Sesame Street. I’m just a huge, huge fan.”
Re. Alphabutt:
Song titles include “The Alphabutt Song,” “Seven Hungry Tigers,” “Little Monster Babies,” “Wiggle My Tooth” and “Pee Pee in the Potty,” and collaborators include former Third Eye Blind guitarist Kevin Cadogan and a number of Dawson’s other musical friends and their children.
“They’re not those little fake, smiley faced, typical kid backup singers,” Dawson says of her youthful cohorts. “They’re screaming and saying whatever they want. It’s how kids want to do music, not like when they’re in school taking lessons and all sitting in rows on bleachers.”
As for the “Alphabutt” songs, Dawson notes, “they’re not necessarily anything like a lot of other kids music that’s out there. I think the songs are really free, which is a little different from a lot of other kids music I’ve heard. And I think kids will connect with it, musically, ’cause it’s actually kids playing. It’s really free and kind of wild.”
Hey, beats The Wiggles.
Singer extends “Juno” buzz with kids album [Billboard]
I always suspected she was a Muppet.
She’s channeling Oscar in that picture.
I thought it was present day Phil Spector.
I thought it was Buzzo. The Melvins do get name-dropped in the movie. Ludicrously.
Oh good, she can continue her extended toddlerhood even further with more precious, precious songs.
Wait, the dude from Third Eye Blind is also involved? What do kiddie pianos crossed with over-processed power pop sound like?