It's not too often that I get
to follow up such a glorious day like yesterday with an incredibly trashy
artist, so that's why I'm sharing some brand new Gravy Train!!! with all of
you today. I've been a big fan of the Oakland quartet since I first
got my hands on their last album, Are You Wigglin?, back when I was
the music director at my college radio station. At that time they were
on Kill Rock Stars but since then they have moved onto Cochon Records where
Hunx, Chunx, Funx and Junx will see the release of their latest effort,
All The Sweet Stuff, next week. I just know that it's going to end
up being one of my guilty pleasure albums of the year and I can't wait to
get a hold of it and all of its dance inspired fun. Enjoy.
:Gravy
Train!!! - All The Sweet Stuff:
I have to admit that I was initially surprised at how accessible this is,
especially since so much of their previous album was a little difficult to
get into. Here though, the sugary sweet arrangement is pretty
streamlined with only bursts of hand claps that do much of anything to
switch up the pace. The vocals are also pretty standard (when compared
to what they normally do) and they'll have you singing along before you know
it. In the end, I think it still has that same novelty-esque feel to
it, but you just don't immediately notice anymore. Perhaps subtlety is
the way of the future when it comes to these dirty kids.
As if the song
above didn't prove their special sound enough, I have this
video to show off their visual aesthetic. It's for the
song Burger Baby and it's pretty much one of the most
hilariously bizarre things ever. I hope you love it as
much as you should.
On a grindhouse related side
note, I
recently watched Shock
Corridor. It was about a guy who is bent on solving a murder so he
gets himself committed to an insane asylum. While in there he goes
about trying to solve a crime by interacting with three patients who were
witnesses to a murder, but he ends up going bat-shit crazy in the process.
Overall, the film was kind of a mess and lacked any real suspense, but
watching the guy slowly get to the point of being a catatonic mute was
interesting. Pick it up if you get a chance.
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John Laird -
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