“Apparently most fans consider this to be the weak link in the Rudimentary Peni catalog. Even the band’s bassist was none-too-pleased with it! And let me explain why, in layman’s terms. The equivocal paradigm of synergistic ah screw it I was gonna make a funny big word joke but I don’t know any big words. If there’s one thing that Rudimentary Peni have always excelled at, it’s ending a song IMMEDIATELY. Their songs have always sat roundabouts a minute, minute and a half. In, out, no time to get bored. Not so with this CD. 12 songs – 44 minutes. So you would think, “Oh! They’re developing their sound a bit, trying out more complex song structures, etc.” But you’d be wrong. They don’t do that at all. All they do is repeat 1 or 2 catchy little parts OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again for 4 minutes apiece, until you’re just sick of the damn things…So what’s good about it? Two things: One is the melodies themselves. I suppose they’re just basic pop/punk/metal hybrids, but most of them are among the catchiest and most singalongable they’ve ever written, especially bass line wise, which is pretty much key since each song only has two riffs and they shove `em dick-like in your ear for four minutes at a stretch. And the second is the artwork. Nick created an entire little booklet of his art to accompany the CD. He must be out of his mind. His artwork is so obsessive, meticulous – just insanely overdone and eerie. It looks as if he spends months on the backgrounds ALONE, never mind the sickening skulls and creatures that make up the foci of his work. Speaking of “out of his mind,” I read somewhere that this CD was inspired by time that Nick spent in a mental institution. I don’t quite see the connection though, unless they were really shoving Catholicism down his throat in there (“Pogo Pope,” “The Pope With No Name,” “Il Papus Puss,” “Vatican’t City Hearse,” “Pills, Popes And Potions.”). Actually, now that I think about it for a moment instead of just typing with my ass, I DO see a connection. The CD sounds like the creation of a once-intelligent mind that has been numbed by shock treatments and sedatives. You? 2008 UPDATE: How on Earth did I forget to mention that there is a small vocal loop repeated over and over and over and over again underneath every single second of this CD? That’s a pretty key aspect of the release! Glad I forgot it. :7)” – Mark Prindle
Rudimentary Peni
Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric
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Tracklist:
01. Pogo Pope
02. The Pope With No Name
03. Hadrianich Relique
04. Il Papus Puss
05. Muse Sick (sic)
06. Vatican’t City Hearse
07. I’m A Dream
08. We’re Gonna Destroy Life The World Gets Higher And Higher
09. Pills, Popes And Potions
10. Ireland Sun
11. Regicide Chaz III
12. Iron Lung
