{"id":22449,"date":"2016-07-11T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22449"},"modified":"2017-06-15T21:44:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T01:44:38","slug":"bad-bad-meow-premieres-hear-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22449","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bad Meow premieres &#8216;Hear You&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/8dc28fc1-3273-4306-9f9c-59909e9dce32.jpg?resize=960%2C638\" alt=\"Bad Bad Meow\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/8dc28fc1-3273-4306-9f9c-59909e9dce32.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/8dc28fc1-3273-4306-9f9c-59909e9dce32.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/8dc28fc1-3273-4306-9f9c-59909e9dce32.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>Chicago DIY veterans Bad Bad Meow\u2019s latest single <em>Hear You<\/em> leads off with a dizzying, psychedelic mishmash of guitar and organ that quickly introduces the band\u2019s core back-country, foot stomping rhythms. If you\u2019re listening in your car, you might actually catch yourself accelerating as the musical tension builds.<\/p>\n<p>Singer\/guitarist Alen Khan\u2019s vintage layered vocal performance is the comforting \u2013 though nervously inadequate &#8211; safety bar on this sonic roller coaster. Natalie Grace Alford\u2019s keys provide a counterpoint of soulful melody that produces a satisfying, \u201csing-it-with-me\u201d climatic chorus. Like the band itself, <em>Hear You<\/em> has a mature, polished sound that still proudly showcases its teenage garage band weirdness. It may be the last thing you\u2019ll hear in your head before the voices take over.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F245820696&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=928984\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Chicago DIY veterans Bad Bad Meow\u2019s latest single Hear You leads off with a dizzying, psychedelic mishmash of guitar and organ that quickly introduces the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22449\" title=\"Bad Bad Meow premieres &#8216;Hear You&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,30,1907],"tags":[5098,242,5099],"class_list":["post-22449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-bad-bad-meow","tag-chicago","tag-hear-you"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/8dc28fc1-3273-4306-9f9c-59909e9dce32.jpg?fit=960%2C638&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5Q5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45390,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45390","url_meta":{"origin":22449,"position":0},"title":"Meet Bad Stuff: True Widow\u2019s Dan Phillips and Dallas art rock collide on \u2018Invisible Man\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Dallas has been quietly cooking up something heavy, hazy, and hypnotic \u2014 and Bad Stuff is finally ready to let you hear it. 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