KIMYA DAWSONAlphabutt
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*** (out of 5)
Both as a solo artist and as a member of The Moldy Peaches, Kimya Dawson has made a career out of creating children’s songs for grownups, so it’s not surprising to see her doing an album like Alphabutt, which is aimed directly at children (and the parents trying to potty-train them). Some songwriters would hesitate to record a song like “Pee-Pee in the Potty” (“Pee-pee in the potty! / Starts as milk from mommy! / Then that goes through your body!”), but Dawson has no problem about approaching kids on their poop- and fart-obsessed level. The title track is a hilariously scatological tour through the alphabet in which “D” is for doo-doo, “E” is for elephant doo-doo, “F” is for fart, and “G” is for gorilla fart. (And “H” is for huge gorilla fart.)
Alphabutt should be enough to reduce any proper three-year-old to helpless giggles, hopefully softening them up for the political messages later on in the disc: “Sunbeams and Some Beans” takes a stand against corporate farming while “We’re All Animals” is Dawson’s kid-friendly explanation for why she doesn’t shave her legs.
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