I’ll be completely honest, I just don’t ‘get’ this band at all. AT ALL. They look a bit like Send More Paramedics, but play a brand of music which is arguably influenced by Cradle of Filth, Mortiis and Frank Zappa. And every other musical concoction you can think of in between the two. And while that sounds horrible, I can assure you that in places ‘Come Forth To Wreak Havoc’ is just every bit as bad as it sounds.
But the problem I have in reviewing this album is that it’s not consistently horrible. ‘The Day Norris Killed Doris’ is some kind of God-awful Dani Filth-sounding monster of a song which made my ears bleed, while the following track, ‘The Curse of Tut Tut Wally’ at least has some semblence of a tune, as well as song structure. And while there are elements of songs within songs, some of the time the band veer off into complete noise, then completely weird territory and then try and throw vocal harmonies into the mix.
It’s interesting, yet completely mind-boggling at the same time. Like marmite, you will love or hate this band. There will be no in betweens…