You’ve probably already heard MUNNYCAT – even if you don’t know it yet. The ferociously DIY duo of K808 and Khaledzou have been stealthily soundtracking culture for years. But no, seriously. Their songs have been used in over 500 ads (Apple, Fenty, Versace, Xbox), films and TV shows, and in TikToks viewed over 40 million times by creators like Addison Rae and Dixie D’Amelio. Their infectious, genre-popping sound is everywhere. And now, you can hear it on 3D vinyl. (wait.. what?!) MUNNYCAT’s long-awaited debut album till death we do art – out now- is a maximalist, no- skips journey through 14 tracks of indie-pop chaos, laced with art school charm and ADHD-level energy – lovingly mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London. Building upon previous releases The Platinum Gold EP, The MUNNYCAT Mixtape and more singles than a dating app at 2 a.m., till death we do art is less of an introduction and more of a fully-formed arrival.
The LA-based duo has been teasing till death we do art through a steady drip, drip, drop of singles and increasingly elaborate self-produced music videos. The bouncy, low-slung track “honest” is a saloon piano and 808-filled exploration of the exhausting nature of the male gaze with a Red Dead Redemption II-inspired video that highlights the band’s signature visual ingenuity. The more sinister-feeling “follow the leader” is an outright call to revolution with a video viewing late-stage capitalism through three dark vignettes about a trailer park dominatrix, a charismatic cult leader, and Marie Antoinette’s last night as a monarch.
“We love making videos as much as we love making music,” Khaledzou explains. “We’re both very visual people, so it’s another way for us to deepen the lore, and to create more context around the song’s meaning.” Don’t get it twisted – till death we do art is fun as hell. It’s clearly the product of two people who genuinely love making art together. “We are both obsessed with making things, and obsessed with each other,” K808 explains. “The album title isn’t a concept – it’s a vow. ‘Till death we do art’ is a promise we made to each other and try to live every day.” And they are delivering on that promise by producing the first-ever 3D vinyl record. The title till death we do art takes on new meaning with the vinyl edition – where even the record’s dead wax serves a purpose.
Pressed from red/blue split transparent vinyl, it acts as a pair of 3D glasses, transforming the album’s printed artwork into a stereoscopic experience. Art doesn’t die when the record stops – it just changes dimension. The experience doesn’t stop at the needle drop. till death we do art will also be available on cassette, CD, and – yes – minidisc, for the true heads.
To go even deeper into the creative process, MUNNYCAT just released a four-part docuseries chronicling the making of the record.
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