Released 3/7/2011, Slumberland Records
Sarandon: a great, weird band releasing a weird album. A concept album in which Big Trev, a cockney man not sure of his place in life, vents his frustrations, complains & generally grumbles humorously in between nearly every track, which act as an intro to each song (see batched tracks on list). So really there are only 8 songs on here, more or less. This is angular & punky, yet not fuzzy & distorted, like early Wire, Devo & The Fall, & even The Minutemen & Captain Beefheart at times. Weird, spazzy, fun stuff, despite Big Trev’s grumbling. This is their 2nd or 3rd album (their 1st was really a comp of old 7”s & eps). Good stuff, this. Quite unlike the regular fuzz n’ pop crowd on Slumberland, which is a refreshing change indeed. KPC
1. Theme from The Age of Reason (1:05) √+ Md(+) starts w/spoken word/angular instrumental intro
2. Big Trev speaks (0:56) √+ spoken word
3. Big Trev (2:51) √+ Md+ angular/repetitive ending
4. The Grumbling begins (1:03) √+ spoken word
5. Mustn’t grumble (5:21) √+(+) Md(+) punk/singing is cool
6. Feeling happier (0:59) √+ spoken word
7. Perky (part 1) (1:23) √+(+) Md(+) spastic rhythms/Devo-esque
8. Perky (part 2) (1:59) √+((+)) Md(+) punky instrumental (mostly)
9. Down the discotheque (1:01) √+ spoken word
10. Do the dance (2:46) √+((+)) Md(+) bass n’ toms
11. The Big Question (1:05) √+((+)) spoken word
12. Dinosaur (3:14) √+((+)) Md(+) cool bass
13. Meeting a girl (0:59) √+(+) spoken word/funny
14. Piglet (2:48) √+((+)) Md(+) awesome fast drumming/baby giggles
15. Hatching the plot (0:42) √+(+) spoken word/funny
16. Mackenzie (1:48) √+(+) Md+ crazy spazzy goodness
17. The Pay off (1:01) √+ spoken word
18. The Age of Reason (1:19) √+(+) Md+ more awesome spazz
19. Return to The Theme from The Age of Reason (0:33) √ Md short pointless piano instrumental
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