Thursday, June 12, 2014

Interview with Meg Myers: mixing maniacal genius with massive sex appeal


Interview with Meg Myers: mixing maniacal genius with massive sex appeal
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
June 12, 2014


If they ever decide to do a remake of the ’80s cult classic Heathers, about two high school outcasts who plot to kill the popular kids, Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Meg Myers should be tabbed to score the film.

Though she’s got just two EPs to her credit thus far, Myers has the market cornered on dark and sometimes maniacal songwriting, taking things a few steps further than angsty ’90s singers Alanis Morissette and Fiona Apple.

Though those are the artists Myers often gets compared to, it’s acts like Nine Inch Nails and Alice in Chains that Myers was sometimes inspired by. Her song “Desire” is as primal a song about getting laid and comes across as her version of NIN’s breakout hit “Closer”.

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