Here's yet another CD cover featuring a woman wading in water. I can only presume all the artists find it difficult to illustrate legs? Imagine the conversation "Great design but her legs don't quite look right. I know, show her standing in water and that will solve it!". It doesn't matter, I like the concept on this one as the woman appears to be part-robot with some serious laser-vision, oh, and a cowboy hat? I'll overlook any concerns I have about rust issues, not to mention the health and safety nightmare of allowing circuitry near water. An album called Who's Got The Biscuits? and track titles such as Go Go Me A Big Pop, Idiot Radar helped with my purchase decision, not sure about the obsession with fingers though (Superfinger, Airfinger, Pulling With The Fingers, Beach Finger).
I have to admit something here. I'm not sure where I mis-educated myself but whilst browsing this album I'm sure I read somewhere that it was a heavy rock album. So, I had a lot of trepidation when I first put the CD on, I mean, you have to take a little extra breath before stepping into that zone, a bit like when visiting a relative. But to my surprise Superfinger started the album with some zany samples, beats and a groove, nothing like the hideous heavy rock I was expecting. There's even male and female crossover vocals and synths!
Schoolroom Headrush cranks up the groove and throws in some great power guitar, retaining strong pop credentials despite some dubious lyrics like "my fingers want to get muddy around your flower bed" and "I want to do the scuba and dip in your fishpond". The mind boggles!
Idiot Racer bounces along nicely "metal rusted by chicken blood" (told ya!) but it is Airfinger which really lights up the dials, a great little rock out and there's even some vocoder in there to please me. The remainder of the album bubbles along nicely mixing beats with big choruses, always accompanied with wonderfully absurd words. Hooks aplenty! The airy Beachfinger is worth a special mention for the line "she always seemed so suitably international, she made me love my wooden leg"
Oh, as a final observation, there's a hidden "heavy rock" track at the beginning of the album, it almost seems to have been put there to mock me. Good job!
Favourite Tracks: Superfinger, Schoolroom Headrush, Airfinger, Go Go Me A Big Pop.
Verdict: Pass - nice! (that's a biscuit joke, in case you're a bit slow)
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