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Kimya Dawson My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess Release Date: 2004 08 03 Running Time: 33:05 Label: Important Records Kimya Dawson can sing "I can spoon a guy and still be his friend" with no abashment. It's almost as if she was never taught what's indecent. Sometimes that's what makes her so unique. Although given a simultaneous release, this solo entry (the more pensive and respectable of the two) was recorded a year-and-a-half after Knock-Knock Who?. Unlike the lush arrangements on her counterpart Adam Green's Friends of Mine, Dawson is content with lo-fi anti-folk. She's cute and lewd, sometimes within the same song, making clever pop culture and New York City references within her quick-witted rhymes. Sesame Street meets Ani DiFranco and Bob Dylan on shy songs such as opener "Chemistry," while Dawson even has a little girl to sing backup vocals on "Everything's Alright." Rarely does she add anything else, aside from something such as a twinkling toy piano in "Will You Be Me?" Whether she's expressing suppressed memories or feelings about relationships, there's plenty of leftover childhood angst. And that makes for something unyieldingly genuine. Kenyon Hopkin, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Chemistry Dawson 2:30 2 Velvet Rabbit Dawson 4:11 3 Hadlock Padlock Dawson 4:17 4 Being Cool Dawson 2:37 5 Anthrax Dawson 3:22 6 Beer Dawson 3:11 7 Will You Be Me? Dawson 3:20 8 Everything's Alright Dawson 2:41 9 For Katie Dawson 6:56 Releases: Year Type Label 2004 CD Important Records 2004 LP Important Records

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