EP Review: Rat Bath - Meat Poppet / Sweet Puppet (2021)
Picture Credit: LaLux Photography Rat Bath - Meat Poppet / Sweet Puppet Release Date: October 29, 2021 Label: Bummer City Format: Digital Length: 06:51 Genre: Countrycore Origin: Milwaukee , WI , USA With the two-track EP "Meat Poppet / Sweet Puppet", Milwaukee's Countrycore band Rat Bath is entering the final stage of their upcoming debut album "Rat from Hell", to be released in February 2022. On the metaphoric level, the album is about a protagonist who is possessed by a demon, and in the two tracks 'Meat Poppet' and 'Sweet Puppet', they are emancipating themselves from the demon by confronting them, fighting back, and finally finding a way to get rid of the demon. The connotated meaning of the upcoming album deals with the topics of sexual assault and trauma. With these last two tracks especially, it shall be an empowering work for survivors of sexual assault to address their traumata. And for everyone else, it can be a reminder to keep thei...