Album Notes

BEST BEATS My-Tea Kind/ My-Tea Kind/ Independent Label by Rhonda Gunter Local Tahlequah musical hero My-Tea Kind just released their debut album self-title, My-Tea Kind (many thanks to Michael Paine for getting the crew into the studio). MTK delivers big with fun, intelligent music blended with powerful, emotionally and spiritually charged lyrics and vocals. Songs like "Loose and Find" and "Be Able" ask the listener to look deep within themselves and to listen to ones higher sel. Its as if they have the key to unlock our souls and help us become the human being in which the creator intended us to be. MTK's sound is sould felt and authentic. This highly creative band may be the best thing to happen to Oklahoma music since The Flaming Lips. The band describes their music as "obscure folk root rock." So, you might be asking, what does that mean? It means the musis has something for everyone. If it's a story you want to hear, let Bonnie sing you one about the "Angel in Red." Or,if it is a whimsical quirks that you crave, James covers that in "Fiddle," a song about Atlantis falling into the sea and in which you can rediscover the lost language of Atlantis (or is that Terisita?) Bonnie shows her range as she sings one song in French which happens to be the only over song on the album chalked full of original tunes. "Knights of the Underworld" offers a political message as James states into a megaphone, "thou shall not kill, unless it is for oil!" All of these wonderful lyrics are coupled with the sounds of a hard strummed washboard, awesome bass lines, stellar guitar licks and steady rhythmic drumming. "Round and Round, " features Mike West on dobro; West also recorded the disc with some help mixing and mastering from Collin Mahoney. My-Tea Kind will host a CD release party at Roxie's on MAy 20. This will be a perfect time for music lovers to pick up this piece of essential music. Also, sometime in the near future, discs will be available online at MTK's web site www.myteakind.com.