Guilty pleasure: Kay Hanley and her band Letters to Cleo

One day in the mid-90s, at a Tower Records listening station, I discovered the band Letters to Cleo and their LP Wholesale Meats and Fish. I totally dug the technique of the lead singer, Kay Hanley, her kickass songwriting, and the way the band rocked. They never made it big, exactly, and broke up around 1999. Hanley went on to write songs for, and sing for, Hollywood movies; she and her Letters to Cleo lead guitarist husband were the sound behind Josie and the Pussycats, the lead single from which, "3 Small Words," freaking rocks.

Yesterday she was featured on fishbowlLA.com, with the news that she and hubby have done another Hollywood project -- music for a Care Bears video, believe it or not. Given how great the music for Josie and the Pussycats was, I'd suspend judgement on her music for Care Bears until I hear it.

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