“I’m just so tired of hearing the phrase ‘bad ass women.’ What the hell is that? It’s demeaning. We’re just people doing a thing–why can’t it just be that?”
Madeline Kenney has had her hand in a lot of projects these last couple of years. Her latest album, Perfect Shapes, is a twang-hazy, dream pop collection with some killer guest stars. Produced in collaboration with Jenn Wasner (of Flock of Dimes, Wye Oak and Dirty Projectors, and with whom Kenney just released the split single The Sisters/Helpless), the album was a “synth-obsessed” production. She’s not interested in always making the same types of albums and sounds. She recognizes, too, what an honor it is to be able to play music as a core piece of her livelihood.
Michelle Kicherer 