“Look, I know it sounds like just a bunch of noise, but listen closer! The bassist kicks all sorts of ass in a slightly Birthday Party/Scratch Acid vein (but heavily distorted at all times); the guitarist, regardless of his teeny amp, is actually creating a very interesting wash of notes, chords, and noises (especially in “The Pictorial” and “Weird Kitchen”); and the singer sounds pleasingly young, punky, and rednecky. Every song on here has a distinct melody, too – a couple are even normal-sounding (“Carnival Ride” and “Red House” might as well be Aerosmith songs, they’re so normal…but good!). The star is the bassist, though. He anchors all the songs so they don’t just drift away down the river of tuneless racket at the hands of a hyperactive guitarist who plays too fast and a drummer (bassist Kevin’s brother) who we could call “the Keith Moon of cowpunk” if it wasn’t such an obnoxious thing to call a human being. So what you got herein is a bunch of high-pitched guitar noise with catchy bass lines – sometimes blues-influenced, sometimes punk-influenced, always drug-influenced. Let’s call it a cross between Flipper and Halo Of Flies, and let’s all buy it twice, okey-dokey? And how about them words? Gross, eh? Dog poop? “Mother (I Love That Bitch)?” Fie! Actually, the strange thing is that vocalist Shannon Selberg is a much more poetic lyricist than you would expect. He doesn’t just write crap down; he comes up with a concept and an emotion, and then lets it take him where it will. Sometimes it’s basic faux-redneck humor, other times it’s near-brilliant insight into the way we think and live. On this particular album, it’s mostly the humor thing, but he would grow! We all grow! Such energy! Such verve! They named their publishing company “Asbestos Diaper!!!!”” – Mark Prindle
Cows
Taint Pluribus Taint Unum
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Tracklist:
01. Koyaanisqatsi
02. Cow Jazz / Car Chase
03. Sieve
04. On Plasma Pond
05. Yellowbelly
06. Redhouse
07. Carnival Ride
08. The Pictoral
09. Toursist
10. Summertime Bone
11. Mother (I Love That Bitch)
12. Weird Kitchen
