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Cheekface at Mississippi Studios
Courtesy of Etix | Posted on December 8, 2023
Where
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR
Map
(503) 288-3895
When
Mon, April 22, 2024
8:00 pm
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About
w/ YungatitaWhen we last left the arguably interesting adventures of Cheekface, they'd released the minor phenomenon "Emphatically No." The band's sophomore album bowed at #1 on Bandcamp's alternative and vinyl sales charts, became a college radio staple, and propelled the L.A. talk-singing trio into packed houses of Cheek Freaks across the US. So I guess now is a good time for Cheekface to return with their third LP, "Too Much to Ask."
You might say "Too Much to Ask" builds on the strengths of the first two Cheekface albums, but also refines and evolves their sound a little, and why would I argue with you? The band's songwriting battery of guitarist/singer Greg Katz and bassist Amanda Tannen show their lyrical trademark, a strangely inviting sad and sideways wit, right from the jump — "life hands you problems, make problem-ade," they announce in the almost-unglued 1-minute-25-second album opener "When Life Hands You Problems" — and then across the record's 11 tracks, the band proceeds to make hay out of many of life's mysteries....