Johnny Cakes and his Horsemen clearly had a good time recording “Rise Of The Pink Flamingos”. They somehow manage to combine punkrock and ska with calypso music and everything else they damn well feel like. Sometimes this ends up in extremely catchy songs like opener “Swimming In The Summer” and “Something In The Air”, which is actually quite touching (no guys, not my penis). At other times a song seems simply like an excuse to use words like ‘pee’ and ‘butt’ a bunch of times (“Pee In The Butt”, “Eternally Missing You”). Needless to say those are the lesser songs.
It’s their sheer enthousiasm that drew me in though and kept me there for the ride. There’s a lot of potential here, they just need to squeeze it out more (haha). If they do that, there’s gonna be no stopping the apocalypso. For now though, they’re not quite there yet. Is this something you would like? Well, they thank people like Phil Atio, Dawn Keebals and Drew Peacock in the booklet. Did that make you smile? Then yes, this album is very much for you.
Score: 5.5 out of 10
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http://www.guttercalypso.com
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