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Cheekface - "I Feel So Weird!" from the 2022 album Too Much To Ask on New Professor.

In times like we\\u2019ve been living through the past handful of years, humor has become more and more tantamount to survival. Cheekface understands that and displays it with aplomb. The Los Angeles-based band made up of Greg Katz, Amanda Tannen, Mark \\u201cEcho\\u201d Edwards channels Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman, and Stephan Malkmus with their speak-singing but has plenty of wisdom behind their absurdist, critical, and, dare I say, cheeky lyricism.

Our Song of the Day \\u201cI Feel So Weird!,\\u201d off the band\\u2019s recently released third record Too Much To Ask, is an excellent example of Cheekface\\u2019s ability to make you spit-take with laughter at the same time as saying to yourself, \\u201cI feel that.\\u201d Over a mellow, bass-heavy rhythm Katz spews goofy statements like, \\u201cThe difference between me and a dog is I am taller /Think about it, just think about it\\u201d before getting into a pretty great allegory for the feelings that anxiety often riddles upon a body, which is also an allusion towards dogs. Plus the Das Racist reference of \\u201cI\'m at the combination Jamba Juice and therapist\\u201d makes it the gold standard of satirical lyricism.

While Cheekface isn\\u2019t big on music videos currently, watch the lyric video for other Too Much To Ask highlight \\u201cFeatured Singer\\u201d and read the full post at KEXP.org.

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