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About a month ago I tweeted at Covered Bridge "any plans for an all dressed release?"..I never heard back. That's cool...This past June I was driving on my way to Vancouver for a wedding and I stopped to get gas. When I entered the gas station I saw that they had a Covered Bridge standee. When I approached the standee I got pretty excited. They had two flavours that I had yet to consume; Sour Cream & Onion and Limited Batch Loaded Hot Dog. It wasn't the flavours as much as them being Covered Bridge that made me excited. Sure, hot dog/hamburger flavoured chips usually taste like hot garbage or something similar..but Covered Bridge yo! Finally about a week ago I cracked the Loaded Hot Dog bag. When I peeled the bag open I was greeted with the pleasant scent of standard covered bridge chips (sort of well cooked potato) and then a hint of all dressed smell wafted out. *Crunch* Is that a hint of yellow mustard?..wait ketchup?..wait! dill relish?!! There were flavours all over the hot dog map. These chips don't quite taste like the all dressed flavour that they smell of..but I can be confident in saying that these are all dresseds awkward cousin..but in a good way. The chips are standard covered bridge with just the right ratio of well done kettle cooked chips with the skin's left on 'em. The further I got into the bag the more I started to notice the taste of a barbequed all beef hotdog. Always trust The Bridge, I went into this bag expecting to be let down and was pleasantly surprised. If this is the closest that Covered Bridge gets to all dressed that's A OK with me. If you're lucky enough to stumble upon a little yellow bag of these snatch em up, they're well worth it.

It's great when a label/creator is consistently good to great. Take Mike Park (Asian Man Records/Bruce Lee Band/Chinkees/etc.) for example. Everything the guy puts out is well worth the listen and when he actually partakes in the creation of the music he's damn well batting 1000. Suffice to say that this past summer when I heard that he was putting out a 7" with a new band I thought, "Yeah, I really SHOULD check it out" and so I did. And boy what a treat. Kitty Kat Fan Club's Song's About Cats is the most solid 7" (ep) that I've heard since Skinny Genes Ugh. Song's About Cats is possibly my favourite release of 2016 so far. It's sun drenched garage pop with jangley guitar, tastefully used keyboards and a Casey Jones' absolutely beautifully infectious voice. Please, give Kitty Kat Fan Club a listen, it will make your life better (and if you're life's already perfect well, cool. You should still listen to Song's About Cats). As a Canadian ordering from Asian Man Records these days makes a $6 ep quite costly, that being said after checking out their bandcamp I HAD to order the 7" and don't regret the $17?cad price tag one bit (I do however wish there was a lyric sheet with it but, ya know, it's not like the words are hard to make out). And yes, these songs are technically about Cats but it's not corny or gimmicky..nor is it unrelatable for those non feline friendly listeners.

Stay hydrated,
MARC!!

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  1. JLCvan4 October 2016 at 08:22

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/storm-chips-covered-bridge-flurry-of-flavours-1.3322602

    Trailblazers.

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