So Sensitive

Kira Clark, songwriter and vocalist of Muscle and Marrow, along with drummer and producer Keith McGraw were living in Portland, OR and had steadily been making a name for themselves in the heavy music world. A busy 2016 saw them release Love with Flenser Records, followed by a national tour in support of the album with Marissa Nadler and subsequent European tour after that. The album drew critical praise all over the spectrum from outlets like Pitchfork, Noisey, NPR, and The AV Club and it seemed like they were poised to continue to build on this success - but isolation is a deadening thing. "I was always the only woman or one of very few at the shows. I had never before been so acutely aware of my gender" recalls Clark.

The two had been writing new material that was a radical departure from their previous sonic world. So Sensitive was created - Clark and McGraw moved to Brooklyn, determined to release their first album under that moniker.

Bedroom Drama is in large part a reaction to the masculine world of heavy music. Influenced by Britney Spears, Kate Bush, and Madonna, Clark and McGraw challenged themselves to make what they refer to as subversive pop. So Sensitive is interested in a particular kind of excessive and emotional pop, the kind that has historically been dismissed as unintelligent or lowbrow, challenging the perception of those concepts.

For them, Bedroom Drama is a synthesis of their love of traditional pop as well as more experimental electronic music.