Seattle duo FLESH PRODUCE chat about "The BIDETBLADE Tour" with BRUXA

Myla and Karl from Fresh Produce talk about how tour has been in support of their latest release “Couch Slime IV”, live improv madness, how they farm samples, the freedom that their label CorpoRat Records gives them, the recent LA Protests and what it was like playing in LA behind the wake of the No Kings Protest.

FLESH PRODUCE “The BIDETBLADE Tour”:

6/05 Seattle WA @ Baba Yaga

6/06 Portland OR @ Kenton Club6/07 Corvallis OR @ Bitter Half Booking6/08 Eugene OR @ John Henry’s6/11 Oakland CA @ Three Stork Club6/12 Santa Cruz @ SubRosa6/13 San Francisco CA @ Toxic Beach (Rave)6/14 Long Beach CA @ Vine6/15 Phoenix AZ @ Ground Zero Studios6/16 Phoenix AZ @ Olla Olla Crepes6/18 Dallas TX @ Black Cat Records N Comics6/19 Oklahoma City OK @ Resonant Head6/20 Kansas City MO @ Farewell Cafe6/22 Lawrence KS @ Replay Lounge6/23 Denver CO @ The Crypt6/25 Fort Collins CO @ Sun Spot6/27 Boise ID @ Realms Arcade6/28 Missoula MT @ Daisy Chain7/01 Spokane WA @ The Big Dipper7/02 Richland WA @ Ray’s Golden Lion

FLESH PRODUCE songs are like the musical equivalent of deep fried memes. Live instrumental jams, samples, and various vocal, drum, and percussion performances are distressed, heavily processed and treated so they are unrecognizable. And they are often fitted together in jarring unions.

Flesh Produce’s most recent album “Couch Slime IV” will be getting a lavish CorpoRAT Records release. The 12-track album is an apocalyptic masterpiece written during the pressure cooker of the pandemic and the BLM protests. The stench of a burning world courses through the songs.

The assaulting and anthemic, “You Can’t Make Me Fuck,” explodes with riot grrrl sass, frantic beats, and an infestation of glitchy noises. “That is me spitting back in the faces of men I had experiences with where they seemed to think they deserved physical company for doing absolutely nothing,” Myla says.

“Cross-Eyed/Dizzy” is an engrossing ethereal track with ambient filth and complex beats, and abrupt tempo shifts. The dense and dancey tracks “Scream Flips 1” and “Scream Flips 2” showcase the pair’s fluid creative chemistry with both musicians producing tracks based on a set of motifs.

Up next, Flesh Produce is bursting with musical ideas, and Myla and Karl are excited to release more music on CorpoRAT Records. Looking back on their journey as a DIY duo, Karl says: “Playing festivals has been special, but meeting people on tour and getting to play in different cities has been the most meaningful thing for me.” Myla concurs: “It’s been like realizing a fantasy you’ve had since you were a kid.” — Lorne Behrman