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 I'm sitting here listening to the new Kitty Kat Fan Club 12", "I love music. I love my friends. I just want to have fun. All I want is love. Sweet Love." or All I Want Is Love. The A side is comprised of 4 new songs. The B side is the 7 songs that made up KKFC's first 2 7"s. I've loved everything that KKFC have put out and this is not an exception (and it's nice to have the 2 7's on the B side so I don't have to keep flipping). I wrote about their (hopefully) first (of many) LP here and their first 7" here. The new songs are, well, KKFC songs. Jangly tweeish pop rock, some synth and I think organ too?..they're the sonic equivalent of heading out to wakeskate on a glass lake after a sun-shower with a rainbow overhead. I can't find the new 4 songs on bandcamp, they're however shown as singles on the KKFC spotify. Do I wish that the 4 new songs were 10 or 12, yeah..but if that's my only complaint about a release, well, then I'm just being greedy and should be happy that I get to listen to 4 new KKFC songs.

 Hardbite Handcrafted-Style Chips Smokin' Sweet Spud BBQ Flavoured Sweet Potato Chips smell like earthy mesquite bbq chips. They have a good crunch, they're somewhat on the thicker side with a bit more flesh to them than typical potato chips which makes them a bit more chewy. The flavour is mesquite bbq (similar to dutch crunch), salty..bitta tang, not bad. Sweet potato's are relatively flavourful on their own so the sweet potato flavour is present the whole time and mixing it up. I dunno man, I dunno. If you like mesquite bbq flavouring and the flavour of sweet potatoes you might be into these. For some reason I want to say that sweet potato chips are richer than potato chips. I think this 150g bag would go over better if it was 40g or so...sort of the reverse KKFC.

Stay hydrated,

marc


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