Back in March we announced a new partnership with rad local movie magazine, MovieJawn: throughout 2025 we will be releasing a record to accompany each of their quarterly themed issues. The first issue of the year was Silence Please!, and our accompanying record featured fun, spooky songs by Corey J. Brewer and starmouth.
The summer issue is called This is For the Dogs, and it contains essays and reviews of movies that feature cats and dogs. Consonant Collective commissioned two incredible musicians to make music on that theme. Joe Jack Talcum of Dead Milkmen fame wrote one of his perfect pop songs, a lovely, satirical ditty called “All Cats are Beautiful.” Philly-based artist little stray made a pretty little hyperpop banger called “Cats on My Mind.” This song slaps. They both do, in very different ways.
Katie and Joe cut the songs onto 6-inch clear vinyl records using the three record lathes in the CC studio: a 1937 Presto 6D and two 1947 Rek-o-Kut Challengers. The album’s beautiful cover art, like all MJ releases, is by house artist Hugo Marmugi. We couldn’t be more pleased with the result. The records and magazine are available for preorder from MovieJawn now. We only made 50 records and preorders close on June 18, so get yours now. You may also purchase the album digitally on Bandcamp.
If you’re local, you can pick up your record at the zine’s launch party at Film Society East on Thursday, June 19. They’re screening the Japanese weirdo classic HOUSE (1977). Get your ticket to the event, and we’ll see you there!
