Wow this year is flying by. I'm already writing about Mal Blum's latest offering, Pity Boy. This album was high on my list of anticipated albums because their last album, 2015's You Look A Lot Like Me, was bangin'. With Pity Boy, Mal once again brings their somewhat monotonous voice to deliver their poetic lyrics over top of predominantly (mid to late 90's) alt rockish music. There's some bounce and sweetness here and there throughout the album, but for the most part there's a lot of subdued darkness reflected in both the music and the lyrics. When I read the lyrics they came off as very personal, they're not specific to the point of being not relatable but they are definitely autobiographical. There's some nice use of metaphor throughout the album and repetition/semi-repetition (does that exist, she'll repeat a group of words but sort of change the order sometimes or throw in a new word here and there). When the songs dip into relationships, it's not a standard straightforward hindsight look, there's a lot of looking inward. I feel Mal showed a tremendous amount of growth on this album while still acknowledging that their far from finished. Mal's music is an absolute treasure and I'm super happy that I was introduced to their music through TCGS.
So..were co-op Gold Pure Sweet Maui Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips as good as I wanted them to be (coming from the house of Covered Bridge). Yes, yes they were. The chips have skins, a good number of darker cooked chips, a nice mid-weight kettle crunch and a somewhat non-typical onion flavour. As soon as they enter your mouth a splash of sweet (the bag shows a yellow but I taste red [I was thinking that Maui was superfluous wording put on the bag to seem more important, but after a quick google it appears that Maui onions are a specific strain]) onion is right there front and centre..but not overpowering. You can taste the chips backing up the seasoning. In the aftertaste there is an almost green onion flavour sticking around the old maw with hints of cane sugar. There's also a little bit of creamyness to the seasoning. I am a return customer for these chips and hope to keep returning for years to come. Great chips to have on the reg'.
Stay hydrated,
Marc
So..were co-op Gold Pure Sweet Maui Onion Kettle Cooked Potato Chips as good as I wanted them to be (coming from the house of Covered Bridge). Yes, yes they were. The chips have skins, a good number of darker cooked chips, a nice mid-weight kettle crunch and a somewhat non-typical onion flavour. As soon as they enter your mouth a splash of sweet (the bag shows a yellow but I taste red [I was thinking that Maui was superfluous wording put on the bag to seem more important, but after a quick google it appears that Maui onions are a specific strain]) onion is right there front and centre..but not overpowering. You can taste the chips backing up the seasoning. In the aftertaste there is an almost green onion flavour sticking around the old maw with hints of cane sugar. There's also a little bit of creamyness to the seasoning. I am a return customer for these chips and hope to keep returning for years to come. Great chips to have on the reg'.
Stay hydrated,
Marc
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