The Fat Angel Sings

Move over, Boygenius, there’s a new super trio in town. Lemuria’s Sheena Ozella, Chumped and Katie Ellen’s Anika Pyle, and Cayetana and Gladie’s Augusta Koch make up the group that’s fittingly called Sheena, Anika, And Augusta. Their first foray into music together is a good deal softer than their emo-punk bonafides might suggest. They opt for a folky minimalism here to allow their three impeccable voices to take center stage, they sing in rounds with a bare-faced emotional honesty. “For Billy,” which closes Simple Pleasures, is reminiscent of Mountain Man, all three of them commiserating over a shared pain: “I cry so many tears I could flow down.”

A cappella folk from members of Cayetana, Chumped & Lemuria doing something totally different than what they did before.

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I’m trying to find the right words for this release and what it means to me. There’s been a lot of music that has come through this garage label that started earnestly in the mid 90’s and though I love every record I’ve put out, there’s always favorites and then there’s this record by Sheena, Anika and Augusta.

First of all, when asked if I would be interested in putting out this record I said yes without any hesitation and without ever hearing a single note of what this would or could be. My thought was it would be some kind of indie punk project with hints of influences from all three participants.