{"product_id":"0642889425347-cars-in-control","title":"Cars In Control","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSometimes it takes a post-human character to stir the humanity in a citizen of the 21st century. Sometime there's no better role model than a woman in a wig, pointing down the path of righteousness with big, caricature-ized gestures. Louise Chicoine's alter-ego BANNY GROVE burst onto the scene in 2016, like a toon ripping thru the thin fabric of Los Angeles reality, and immediately found a devoted following of fans who uphold the fictional diva as some kind of messiah of loving neighborliness, or the Mary Poppins of DIY. Her debut full-length Who Is She? introduced Banny's uniquely candid vocal delivery, that skips between talky honesty and operatic ebullience, and her palette of punchy 80's drum machines and glittering, artificial, Nickelodeon-esque synth patches. Guitarist Peter Nichols's arrangements include sections of Prince-ly funkiness and Elfman-y goofiness, as well as a healthy dose of the odd-metered prog futurism we came to expect from his prior outfit Grape Room. In her first year on Earth, Banny has toured to 9 countries and opened for such stars as Cherry Glazerr, Ian Sweet, and Palberta. Wherever she goes, she flies through the scene with the untiring energy of a person who's not the least bit confused about her purpose as a songwriter, a performer, and (as co-founder of Nicey Music) a culture-shaper: simply to spread the law of kindness as far as she can.Now Banny Grove is returning with an EP of 5 very ambitious songs - Cars in Control - written and reworked obsessively over a hectic and disastrous year. The title track ridicules the absurdity of 'the oil man' while dreaming of a clean energy future, and \"Trash Truck\" is sung from the optimistic perspective of a child living underground when the surface world is an unseen desert of garbage. \"Baby\" and \"The Manger\" preach the importance of self-esteem, first in a contemporary mode and then in an utterly deconstructed composition of off-kilter 808s and orchestral pads. And \"Dogs FM\" employs a futuristic power-pop groove to imagine a media outl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53556477067638,"sku":"0642889425347","price":7.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_13032064_1516374_20241024105904.jpg?v=1729841618","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0642889425347-cars-in-control","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}