New Album Releases, 7-31-2007: Born Again Floozies, Dave Davies, Bratz soundtrack

The grooviest new album in the land comes from the wicked Born Again Floozies. They've just released their first full length CD, 7 Deadly Sinners. It was produced by Steve Albini. My personal fave rave here is "Drivin' by the Penitentiary," a note of gratitude to a cruel prison warden. Here's a Live Performance on YouTube, and here's a free mp3. "In my youth, my suffering I tried to escape, but religion said 'no, no, keep on suffering. That's the way you know you're saved."

These Floozies lean toward humor in their act, as evidenced by their name and song titles like "If You Were Dead You'd Be Home Now." There's willful humor even just in the basic instrumental lineup of guitar, tuba and dual tap dancers. Dr Demento fans should definitely be giving this act a listen. On the other hand, some folk are Not Amused.

Funny Floozies they may be, but the playing is obviously no joke. Head Floozie Joey Welch is rapidly developing a national reputation for his unique personal guitar style, which involves a lot of tapping rather than picking.

Certainly, anyone with a strong interest in real guitar playing needs to hear this band. The instrumental "Walking" that concludes the album would be a particularly good example of his style.

Plus, there's no special humor point in perfectly serious songs like the featured single "As I Lay Dying." There's obviously serious compositional thought and effort in even the more humor oriented material, and they also excel in the groove department. The album sounds pretty good on a first listen, and only gets better the more you listen and pick up on the careful nuance.

Article Author: Al Barger

Unreformed hawkish Hoosier hillbilly Al Barger runs the still squeezin' down the psychodelic Kentucky moonshine at More Things. What with the paranoid religious visions, the Pentecostal music, visions of God and anarchy running amok and such, somebody …

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