Labels: Cochon
Review by: Gareth L
Rather amazing art-rock a bit like Deerhoof or the Mae Shi I guess. This album is so much fun, I discover new parts of it every time I listen. Equally danceable and difficult but never losing focus, this is one of those records that I want to put on tape for people and say hey, listen to this! Distorted talky vocals, lyrics about animals, the odd awesome trumpet blast, quirky keyboards and other such stuff that Tony Era would probably laugh at me for listening to. It’s an acquired taste, if I put it on at work people would probably call it ‘weird’, which it is, to an extent, but that is the beauty of it; it never goes where you expect and never lets you relax. ‘A Seal is a Shark’s Meal’ is probably my favourite track but every one is a winner really, they also have a song called ‘Your Tearz are my Ice Cream’ which I think could be a Wu-Tang Clan reference (the Wu have songs called ‘Tearz’ and ‘Ice Cream’) but even if it’s not this album is definitely more a ‘Triumph’ rather than a ‘Severe Punishment’. Man, that was bad. Not the record. That was good. Real good.