Dynamite toothbrush and Russian romances. A refrigerator
turned on again. Weird shit and more weird shit. Guide to Bizarre Behavior are
a trio who have created the soundtrack that every demented looking rusty fun
house in a c-list horror movie taking place at an abandoned theme park needs to
blare over its speakers. In fact, the Beige Castle from the opening track just
might be that fun house.
The lyrics are nonsense and thankfully a book in the j-card
serves as a helpful companion in navigating. The band might be out of sync with
conventional reality, but they are in-sync musically. They make their brand of
highly experimental and highly entertaining weirdness work. Don’t get lost in
the sonic hall of mirrors that has been created on the tape. Not everything is
shallow or for laughs. The saga of Bill on “Bill”, the critiques of the pope on
“Bruxism and scathing review of capitalism titled “Corporate Whore” show there
is more going on here. It is hard to tell what is ironic compared with what is
sincere. All I can say is I enjoyed it all.
-- Roy Blumenfeld
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