Fool Potential by Buggie

Gretchen King is a singer, songwriter, producer, and artist from Ohio. After years in band settings, Gretchen’s work as a singer and songwriter has been featured on The L Word, The Hangover 2, MTV’s The Real World, The Challenge, and the ending credits for the horror movie No One Lives.

Eager to explore her ideas in their entirety, Gretchen left the band setting in 2018 and began to write her first solo project. Under the name Buggie, she set to work creating a world uniquely hers. The result is a ten-track art-pop album, Fool Potential, that she has written, recorded, edited, and produced on her own.

Buggie's creative control results in an eclectic sound that challenges the listener to look beyond a single genre. Electronic, pop, trip hop, alternative, and experimental each find their way into Buggie's sound. Though her sound is unequivocally her own, a spark reminiscent of one of her influences (such as Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Grimes, Fantômas, and The Prodigy) may shine through. Like many of these artists mentioned, Buggie’s sonic world is equally a visual one: each song is paired with a whimsically oddball miniature scene and stop-motion handcrafted by Buggie herself.

Her surreal mixed-media artwork (full of paintings, sculptures, and diorama sets) is reminiscent of the stop-motion classics by Rankin/Bass Productions and the vintage 3-D children’s stories by View-Master.

Growing up in an old farmhouse, surrounded by cemeteries and across the street from a psychiatric hospital, left a magically surreal and often anxious imprint on Buggie’s childhood, one that brought both hospital escapees and ghosts to her front door.

While these experiences have left a lasting impression, they have also nurtured a wildly imaginative vision that puts Buggie in the same camp as some of her best-known peers, such as Melanie Martinez, Grimes, Marina and the Diamonds, and Mab Graves. In Buggie’s downtime, she delights in miniatures, vintage flair, self-help, and the works of Jim Henson, Rankin/Bass, and Terry Gilliam.

Stay Connected with Buggie’s World:
🎵 http://www.instagram.com/buggieclub
🎵 http://buggieclub.bandcamp.com
🎵 http://www.soundcloud.com/buggieclub
🎵 http://www.buggie.club

Tracklist

1.	Heart of Stone	4:08

2.	Dig	3:27

3.	Float	1:03

4.	Currency	3:51

5.	Simple Love	5:15

6.	Westend	5:22

7.	New World	4:00

8.	Ugly Truth	3:14

9.	Static	1:21

10.	Feel Again	4:10

Credits

released August 14, 2020

Music performed, programmed, recorded, edited, and produced by Buggie.
Mixed by Mark Abrams at VMS Recording.
Mastered by John Paterno.
Artwork by Buggie.

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