Album Review
Freak Kitchen – “Land of the Freaks”
Land of the Freaks is apparently a re-release and originally came out in 2009 in Europe. According to the band’s bio, their music has had extremely limited access in North America. I can kind of understand why as the band play a really odd style which genre hops at the drop of a hat amid quirky lyrics about racism (“God Save the Spleen, “Honey, You’re A Nazi”), bashing on the internet (“Hip Hop Hoorah”) and other hot-button topics. The band has a pretty interesting and unique style as a result.
Land of the Freaks is apparently a re-release and originally came out in 2009 in Europe. According to the band’s bio, their music has had extremely limited access in North America. I can kind of understand why as the band play a really odd style which genre hops at the drop of a hat amid quirky lyrics about racism (“God Save the Spleen, “Honey, You’re A Nazi”), bashing on the internet (“Hip Hop Hoorah”) and other hot-button topics. The band has a pretty interesting and unique style as a result.
The thing though is that the group is actually quite good at what they do, and more often than not I found myself enjoying their songs, especially “Hip Hop Hoorah”, “Teargas Jazz” and “Death by Hypochondria”. It’s too bad that this style of music will probably go over most peoples’ heads as it’s some quality stuff. Everyone else who appreciates well-played music with an overabundance of humor should check this out. Think King’s X crossed with iwrestledabearonce.
Track Listing:
01. God Save the Spleen
02. Teargas Jazz
03. Sick? Death by Hypochondria
04. OK
05. Honey, You’re a Nazi
06. The Only Way
07. Murder Groupie
08. The Smell of Time
09. One Last Dance
10. Do Not Disturb
11. Clean It Up
Run Time: 49:25
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Check out the song: “Speak When Spoken To”
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