The Secret Ingredient is More Meat
In spring 2023, The Noisy released Morricone with a Strega Nona-meets-Clint Eastwood music video, launching a crowdfunding campaign for their debut album, More Meat, produced by Jacob Lawter (Slow and Steady). Partnering with artists like ceramicist Lou Howard, illustrator Sarah Moore, designer Alex Bruce, and multimedia artist Em Vieser, they sold merch, raffled a cowboy hat, and ran a GoFundMe alongside a month-long tour, raising over $3,000 to bring More Meat to life—an album for their queer community.
More Meat was featured in WXPN, Post-Trash, Rosy Overdrive, and The Alternative, with The Noisy performing tracks from the record at iconic venues like Union Transfer, Knoxville’s World’s Fair Park, Radio Room, and MASS MoCA.
The Noisy is a dream pop/synth soft rock band based in Philly, originally formed in Knoxville, TN, where frontperson Sara Mae studied poetry. They developed their sound with Josh Sorrells (Easy Does It), Jacob Lawter (Slow and Steady), Ashton Baker (Bugs Baker), and Nyleen Perez (Pueblo Now). The current lineup includes Sara Mae Henke, Nate Kim (Glitterspitter), and Daniel Sohn (Daniel Sohn, Sunday Evening Drive). For fans of Japanese Breakfast and Jay Som, with a touch of Chappell Roan. The Noisy is currently working on LP2.
2024 Debut LP by The Noisy
Praise for More Meat
“dynamic sound, charming energy, and a confessional tell-all spirit that’s as charismatic as it is irresistible.” - Atwood Magazine
“Glamorous, retro, and proudly queer” - WXPN
“endlessly romantic... It’s really beautiful stuff.” - Start Track
“rich, polished pop-rock sound with pieces of dream/chamber pop, synth pop, and even a bit of electric alt-rock thrown in.” - Rosy Overdrive
“unconventional at every turn, with Mae’s background as a poet coming through in their unique, free-form writing style.” - Tropical Goth Mag
“Twos” Music Video Out Now!
The Noisy's vampy follow-up to Violet Lozenge, directed by the wonderful Sam Cush!
The Noisy's vampy follow-up to Violet Lozenge, directed by the wonderful Sam Cush!
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Featured on WXPN Local Picks and WKDU
The Alternative - The Alt Weekly Roundup, June 30 2025
Analoge Trash - Introducing: The Noisy June 30, 2025
I Have That On Vinyl - Q&A Remix With Sara Mae (The Noisy) June 2025
Rainbow Rodeo - INTERVIEW: Sara Mae Plays Off Their Poetry and Art May 14, 2025
Atwood Magazine - Feature: Inside The Noisy’s Debut Album August 21, 2024
WXPN - “Violet Lozenge” music video write-up July 3, 2024
The Alternative - in conversation with Josie Tolin June 10, 2024
Start-Track - 30 song guest playlist - July 25, 2024
Brainrot - album review June 6, 2024
Start Track - album review June 5, 2024
Rosy Overdrive - album review May 27, 2024
Tropical Goth Mag - album review May 28, 2024
A Grrrls Two Cents - Interview June 4, 2024
post-trash - music video premiere April 19, 2024
Your Life: The Mixtape Queer Issue - feature June 15, 2024
Radio Interview with Inside Knoxville from the Sunsphere 6/14/23
Discussions about The Sopranos, gender, friendship, and jumpsuits.