June Cleaver and The Steak Knives is a musical project created by Christopher and Patrick Bradley, that strives to produce recordings which delve deep into the subconscious, taking the listener through a variety of moods and meters. Exploring unknown territory, but planted in primitive tradition, this music tells stories and paints landscapes through audio chemistry. JC & The SK’s thrives on diversity and the unexpected. Slicing, dicing, blending, and mutilating; alchemy and nihilism rolled into one.
June Cleaver and the Steak Knives
Recorded between 2002 and 2004 in Chicago, IL and Accord, NY this CD is the most focused and accomplished June Cleaver and the Steak Knives release to date. Trance-inducing electronica mixes with dark and twisted rock and roll to create surreal soundscapes and intricate melodies. Experimental madness cackles as heavy dance grooves drive. Upbeat, melancholy, ethereal, paranoid, heavy, poppy, funky, jazzy, it's music you can dance to. Psychedelic surf rock meets the great experiment we call music - all with the delusional twists and turns of the sonic schizophrenia that defines June Cleaver & The Steak Knives.
This album contains 15 songs recorded between 2000 and 2002. Although the music has more of a traditional structure than past CDs, the underlying nature of weirdness is very apparent. It is like The Brothers Quay attempting to produce a Hollywood action film. So, what has actually been produced is a collection of music that is both unlike anything you have ever heard and many things that you hear all the time. Countless genres are explored, but with one foot planted firmly in rock 'n roll.
This CD is the perfect combination of uncharted musical territory and toe tappin\'/shirt flappin\' rock and roll - from sing-a-long pop songs to hypnotic sound experimentation. It is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the darker sides of a man and his wholesome American family living in 1950\'s suburbia. Take a musical journey through the multitude of emotions only to be found in the hidden closets of the family next door. Put on those 3-D glasses, grab your pipe and slippers, and reach for a refreshing June Cleaver cocktail.
Travel with June into the depths of auditory inquiry, and visit the soundscapes of serenity and psychosis. Moody, spacious patterns swim through myriad styles and hybrids.
