 | Earn 2% eBay Bucks on qualifying purchases! Backed by eBay Buyer Protection Program. Terms and Conditions apply. (In-Stock) Audio Mixer: Eric Broucek.Recording information: JSM Music Inc.; New York, NY.Photographer: A.L. Steiner.MEN, the art/music collective formed by Le Tigre's J.D. Samson, formed in 2007 but didn't release their debut album, Talk About Body, until four years later. However, it's clear that the band -- which also features Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Michael O'Neill and Samson's Le Tigre bandmate Johanna Fateman as a collaborator -- spent that time well, honing its sound and message into something equally appealing and radical. Given MEN's pedigree, it's not surprising that the band's kinetic fusion of disco, punk, indie rock, and synth punk echoes not only Le Tigre, but also Peaches (with whom Samson toured as part of her live band), the Gossip, and Chicks on Speed -- all groups of women and men who don't conform to prescribed gender roles or expectations. However, Talk About Body has a much more polished sound than most of those other acts' output, all the better to balance MEN's often blunt lyrics. "My life! My cr | | SEE IT |
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