My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess

• Artist: Kimya Dawson
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• Release Date: August 03, 2004
• Total Time: 33:05
• Genre: Rock

Review

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

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Chemistry	Kimya Dawson	Kimya Dawson	(2:30)
Velvet Rabbit	Kimya Dawson	Kimya Dawson	(4:11)
Hadlock Padlock	Kimya Dawson	Kimya Dawson	(4:17)
Being Cool	Kimya Dawson	Kimya Dawson	(2:37)
Anthrax	Kimya Dawson	Kimya Dawson	(3:22)
The Beer	Kimya Dawson	Kimya Dawson	(3:11)
Will You Be Me?	Kimya Dawson	Kimya Dawson	(3:20)
Everything's Alright	Kimya Dawson	Danielle Ferguson, Kimya Dawson	(2:41)
For Katie	Kimya Dawson	Kimya Dawson	(6:56)

Credits

Saint Laurent, Danielle (Photography), Skyler (Drawing), Steven Mertens (Photography)