I Am Your Food album cover
It's been a decade since Gunnar Madsen released an album for kids (2008's I'm Growing!), but the drought is at an end with the release next month of I Am Your Food.
Perhaps unsurprisingly based on the album title and cover art, it's an album featuring nothing but food-related tracks, with guest artists like Bill Harley, Frances England, and Justin Roberts also part of the menu. (OK, promise -- that's the only food pun I'll make in this post.)
This song, "10,000 Pancakes," features the title repeated many times at nearly shouting levels of volume. And if you're anything like me, the phrase "Ten thousand pancakes!" will randomly pop up in your head for at least a week after hearing the track.
The video will just help reinforce that hijacking of your brain. It features animation from Madsen himself and while the animation isn't Pixar-quality ("I can sometimes draw a cute little cartoon," says Madsen, "but the results are hit-or-miss -- mostly miss"), the angry pancakes in particular capture the energy of the song. I like it.
I Am Your Food is out June 15 (iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Bandcamp).
Gunnar Madsen - "10,000 Pancakes" [YouTube]
