Wow! The Great Speckled Fritillary have gone a bit "Use Your Illusion" by releasing two albums on the same day. However the two albums contain no Guns n Roses ridiculousness, but describing where the Vancouver quartet have their feet planted is a bit more tricky.
There is a real Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band vibe in their attitude, but these are not comedy songs, it is just that genre wise the album is here there and everywhere. Keeper Of The People could be The Tubes, yet Fat Little Brain could be Showaddywaddy.
Tax Murderer is very Oingo Bongo. Belladonna starts all plank spanking rock and turns into great showtime 70s Pop Rock, even a little bit Glam Rock. Antient AE goes all big sounding Anthemic Rock with a 60s Beat though.
Baby Star could be a Boomtown Rats anthem. Hammer And Bow ventures into Prog but is still anthemic. Look Away is an absolute Rock Out Closer. Silver Rocket is a potential hit single, fantastic Pop Rock.
At times, I am reminded of Foxy Shazam when they were good, but at other times they could be Show songs. One thing is certain is that this lot can play and there are ace blasts of Farfisa that just make your heart quicken.
There is a lot of Humour and tongues are firmly in cheek, but there are also some great songs on sure. There is so much here on Volume 1 that it is best that I cover Volume 2 separately in a week or two. But do listen to both. You are in for a crazy eventful ride, but it is well worth the admission.
You can buy Volume 1 here. Volume 2 is here. I'll embed a couple more songs here when they are up on Bandcamp.
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