Maniac Squat
2008
If one were making this album from scratch the recipe for it might read as follows.
-Add one healthy dose of late 1970's punk rock
-Stir some fuzzed out riffs
-Blend in the crushing grooves of early Motorhead
-Occasionally mix in some surf style guitar solos
-Mash is some raw, manic vocals
-Sprinkle with equally generous doses of humor and fun
-Pour into container and shake together until contents become rough yet instantly likable.
-Break into 14 segments while making certain that all segments stay under 3 minutes and 10 seconds in length.
***Serve loud and enjoy!
Fortunately the Eruptors seem to know these directions well enough that they probably don't even nee to look at the recipe anymore. This album doesn't break any new ground, but it's fun and the chaotic approach pulled me in straight away. The album has a looney space opera type theme going throughout as well as we get some short spoken passages plus some sci-fi sound effects swirled in here and there. There have been some good albums so far in 2008, but a not great deal of truly fun albums. How this release begins to fill that gap, certainly worth checking out.
http://www.myspace.com/eruptors
Did you write that recipe part? Great stuff there. I'll take your recommendation and hunt their press wrangler down.
ReplyDeleteI did write that. I was looking at a recipe for creamy crab soup when I was listening to the Eruptors and the thought hit me to try that approach for this review.
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