Gable / I’m Ok

Loaf

I'm OK is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed album Seven Guitars with a Cloud of Milk that won Gable the Best New Act award in Les Inrocks Magazine, the French equivalent of the NME. A twelve-track mini-album big on ideas, I'm OK represents a progression in style. Gable uses conventional instruments like cello and brass in unconventional ways that complement their usual array of found sounds, squeaks, and samples. The album also features one of the band member's grandmother on vocals for two of the tracks. How lovely! The three-piece hails from Normandy, France, and writes DIY pop songs with echoes of The Vaselines, Beat Happening, and Lou Barlow's solo endeavors. Gable tackles topics such as fidelity, presidential assassinations, suicide, and the golden years of retirement with their unique blend of humor and musical invention. Since the release of Seven Guitars with a Cloud of Milk, the band has been touring constantly with the likes of Health, Dan Deacon, and punk-funkers !!!. Gable's live show is a sight to behold. Samplers, recorders, a horn, and a Hoover provide invigorating accompaniment to melodic singing, explosive spluttering, and bizarre ejaculations. The band graces the stages of The Great Escape Festival in Brighton in May and The Big Chill Festival in August. More dates to be announced soon. I'm OK is available in a limited edition of 300 12-inch records, screen-printed by the band themselves and supplemented with individually hand-drawn illustrations by kids from the band's local grammar school in Caen.

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