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"Waving Scientist @ Frog
King" is without a doubt one of the strangest songs I've
ever heard in my life… It's sorta like… wow, I don't know if
I can even come up with words to describe it… like a female
trio Tiny Tim character incarnate and this goofy hymnal, and
sqeaky voiced Cyndi Lauper-like irritation and game show sing
along at every angle. I won't say it's good exactly but an
interesting way to begin.
Ex-Girl is three Japanese girls making
fluffy, flighty, otherworldly sounds hinged greatly on synthesis
and protoplasmic radiation that echoes through a warped mind,
previously unfettered and now completely lost. In a past life
they would've been up there with the Buggles and B-52's-like
tactics… the thing is they sing in unison and they sing in key…
I guess, and actually the backing music's pretty good on its
own. They're a full service annoyance behind those damned
mics, but they do a decent if awkward job on the instrumental
aspects -- endearingly sloppy.
I can recall
from the good 'ol seventies highlites and low bottoms and go in
the direction of Dave Byrne and his Heads. And then of
course there's Devo. I mean alright they're not out to be
the next Tori Amos nor do they take themselves altogether
seriously but they've got some intriguing effectual stuff going
on here -- try to envision a 1970's sci-fi television series
budget. Ex-Girl comes to earth from a distant galaxy
looking and sounding about as good as you might expect the alien
welcoming committee on just about any foreign planet old James
Kirk were to beam down to… And A-HA! Why am I not surprised
they're doing that old "Pop Muzik" hit from back in
'79? Personally I think they're nuts and if such a thing
as s true "alternative" still exists, I'd like to see
anyone top this, the latest addition to the Mike Patton-led
Ipecac Recordings.
Simplistic descriptions
don't come easy, but there's some Pop, I suppose, Punk… eh,
slightly, New Wave, yep… throw The Tubes and/or Rundgren into
the mix (they gotta fall in their somewhere) and great Gretschky...
See if ya don't feel like shakin' those
hips a little during "Solid States Kerok N' Roll…"
"Back To The Mono Kero"
is cutting edge in an oddly amateurish way and reveals a
child-like innocence and cartoonish character in the greatest
detail.
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| Artist |
Ex-Girl |
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Back to the
Mono Kero |
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Ipecac
Records |
| Reviewer |
Vinnie Apicella |
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| web site |
Ex-Girl's
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