Geoffrey's theremin playing is on display in "Blaze On, Idiot Sun, Blaze On!", which erupts in a torrent of distortion and agony before fading into oblivion... somehow I don't think we'll be hearing a "Hymn to the Sun" from Geoffrey anytime soon!
The biggest surprise on the CD, and a welcome one, is the keyboard and theremin dominated track, "Amaze at the Plant Hypnotist" - a grotesque carnival waltz that winds through a tortured harmonic labyrinth toward its inevitable apocalyptic conclusion. This deliciously twisted Residents-like detour is the perfect soundtrack to your worst circus and/or clown nightmare (and who doesn't have at least one of those?)
The keyboards return one last time for the album's closing tune, "She Who Would Lie on a Bed of Crumbs," which somehow evokes both Rick Wakeman and Maurice Ravel. It's a fittingly regal postlude to this engrossing experience known as Fob.
Whatever the word actually means... Get Fob! and/or Fobbing! and/or Fobbed!
[ Fob is not yet available from Amazon.com, but can be purchased online from Uvulittle Records.
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