![]() ![]() She takes the time to experiment and have fun. With that said, it’s important to note that Robichaud doesn’t just make “feminist political statements” on this record. For Robichaud, the goal seems to be very simple: look at her, listen to her, but don’t judge her based on a subjective take of womanhood. In a surprisingly visual turn, she rasps “you want the apple pie, but I’m a knife too hard to swallow.” Still, the prize for best line goes to “you call me a whore because I’m not a man” which sums up a lot of the frustration on the album. Backed by frenetic percussion, Robichaud spits about a hundred words a minute as she rages against preconceived notions of her performance of femininity. “Apple Pie and A Knife,” the next song after “Definition of Pretty” is exactly that: new and very weird. She’s taking her influences and creating something new. Robichaud effortlessly slides from chanteuse to screaming rocker from verse to verse and the effect is jarring and refreshingly different. “Definition of Pretty,” the jazzy uptempo number dedicated to lambasting the beauty industrial complex and damaging beauty standards, is equal parts nightclub cabaret and rage-fueled protest song. Becoming a proud misfit, becoming a confident, self-assured woman, becoming an independent artist with a distinct voice and sound. Which makes complete sense because, from start to finish, this album is a bona-fide rock opera with a clear story of becoming. It works because Robichaud grows over the course of the album into her own artist. ![]() It’s not Kat Robichaud and The Darling Misfits Cover Their Favorite Artists. That’s when I started to wonder about this new album. In fact, I made a note to self to re-listen to Who Killed Amanda Palmer. So, when I played the first track on Robichaud's new album, “The Elephant Song,” and heard the familiar clanging of the piano keys, the sharply and precisely pronounced syllables, and the complicated, confessional lyrics, I felt right at home. I cannot emphasize how much I love Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls it's to the point of an inherent bias. And that's exactly what makes it killer.Ĭonfession: the road to embracing Kat Robichaud and The Darling Misfits is rocky. Because her off-the-wall, Kickstarter-backed, feminist rock opera entitled Kat Robichaud and The Darling Misfits is about as un -Voice-like as an album can get. Despite that powerful performance and her incomparable stage presence, she only made it to the top ten - which is actually for the best. While I can’t pretend my unadulterated adoration of Amanda Palmer didn’t help steer my attention away from other top performers that season (ahem, James Wolpert) and over to Robichaud's side instead, I maintain that her performance of AWOLNATION’s “Sail” is still one of the best in the history of The Voice. It’s not exactly the world's most well-kept secret that I’m a fan of Kat Robichaud, the husky-voiced rocker who competed on Team Cee-Lo on Season 5 of The Voice. ![]()
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