Meatdraw
Meatdraw
Broken Pencil Review

A "meatdraw" is a promo gimmick practiced by questionable bars throughout the English-speaking world. Everyone goes to the bar on meatdraw night and throws down a little cash to get a ticket. At the end of the night, there is a draw and the person holding the winning ticket gets to take home a pile of steaks, chops, sausages, and patties. It looks like we pulled the winning ticket. Singer/songwriter Marco Bozenich has brought together a shambling pawn-shop orchestra to play his tunes. They have a sound palette reminiscent of The Silverhearts: banjos, musical saw, accordion, trumpets, and twangy guitars. Meatdraw goes to the "bad place" more often than the 'Hearts. I think First Loves Last Rights is about incest, but I'm not sure. Alternately reassuring in its use of traditional sounds and then disturbing in its subject matter or moments of dissonance, Meatdraw provides an interesting collection of goodies to gnaw on. - Erik Weissengruber