What was the first album you owned? I’m guessing it was something you don’t boast about too much nowadays (mine was Alchemy: Dire Straits Live). Well, American anti-folk legend Kimya Dawson has ensured that a future generation of adults can claim their first record to be something supercool, as she has released an album for kids.
The Moldy Peaches singer has always had a wonderful sense of community about her, and here recruits musical friends and their kids for an energetic, ramshackle acoustic romp complete with handclaps, foot-stomps and singalong choruses. Dawson combines hilarious lyrics about wee-wee, poop, robotic monkeys and growing hair “on your legs, your armpits and even down there,” with moral messages about the importance of sharing, loving and being kind.
Kids will go wild for Alphabutt. The songs are catchy and interactive, and, at 27-minutes long, the album is short enough to hold their attention. That’s not to say this is exclusively for children though. Fans of Dawson will be pleased to find the usual mix of humour and tenderness within her wordplay, and the simple structure and rawness of her previous recordings also remain. Indeed, there are a couple of songs of a more grown-up nature, like Happy Home (Keep on Writing), that could comfortably sit on any of her other solo albums.
Buying Alphabutt for your child would be giving them the perfect introduction to all that is good and honest about music and, similarly to something like Sesame Street, this is so witty, heart-warming and fun that it can be enjoyed by kids of absolutely all ages.
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