RockWatch:CD Reviews

They bring out a mix of elements from the 70's, 80's and 90's pop and electronica scene along with their spin of punk and a twist of disco. We may not want to Twist and Shout back to the Beatles, yet be found many echoes back to Zappa and Beefheart among others. Perhaps their mission is to entertain the subculture realm of speak easy intellectuals or to provide a musical slaughter of the senses that would make an elevator ride far more amusing. With or without a hat, you may need a towel for this one.

The album opens with the song 'The Gutter' which will set the groove for a revival of your Steve Martin happy feet for all that follows. With the next song are they playing in honor of the Eskimo or sticking a few needles into the rock and roll banner? Their all female vocal cover of 'O Canada' may lead one to search for a white flag to surrender to ones desire for something hot and spicy. 'Hockey Night' is a catchy playful semi-disco like romp which must go over well live. If 'Disco Hammer' was a bit heavy in a industrial sense one could easily see a hammer doing in a pile of disco records. Things rumble to a different beat with 'Lungfush' as it has a more so low end flow and chant for another corner of the mind. With 'I wanna be your Car' they bring forth a perhaps serious love for the automobile - - nay say more so a love song to re-arange your bedroom senses. As 'Deadly Style' began playing a slice of the 80's fell from the closet of tunes in the form of an urge to have a listen to 'M-style' by The Lords which seem to underscore a late night hunger for some British guitar action. Anybody that goes by the name of Bob will not want to listen to the song 'Evil Bob' over and over again because that could lead to a disorder in the form of dressing up like a clown and running for political office. 'The South Dakota Gluebag Connection' is a goodtime slap in the face of disco with a rapster gleam of something you can't fill a sack at your local grocery store. One may wonder if they went down to Mexico and found a creature of the night that resulted in the song 'Beast'. While listening to this album I did in a bottle of wine and took to a third hat for the song 'Hot,Wet and Sticky' which led to a glass of milk and a session with the Beatles White Album.

Christine Ingaldson of the electro pop band 'Flutter' does some of the vocals on the album and has joined up with the band in late 2004. Those that have seen them live recently know first hand what she brings to their show. Curiosity should be brewing with those that have not seen them or have a need for something off the wall different. Perhaps a slip and slide along their avenue of musical folly is just what your music doctor may subscribe.