This was a collaborative effort, which is the cornerstone of Hozpitality, to incorporate new creative techniques with a few new gadgets. Technology is a wonderful thing, great (and somewhat silly) minds make technology better. Once again, a lovingly slapped together assemblage of “heightened musical vignettes”.
The creative process involved in this album caused laughter to tears. Enjoy!
Track List:
- Robots First Shot(Don’t Be A Douchebag) (1:30)
- Circus Clown (3:14)
- Shredded Concrete (2:29)
- blast OFF (1:22)
- Ode To Stink Bugs (1:16)
- Take Home A Drunk (2:12)
- Angry Hot Dog with Sammy (0:53)
- Another (2:10)
- I Can Still Hear Myself (3:47)
- Pre Made Toast (2:32)
- Sprint Dicks Claimer (3:35)
- No Commercials on My TV (5:38)
- Screamin Swing (2:32)
- Toddler Sized Shark Cage (3:43)
Tools used:
- Symphony of Korg Monotrons
- Korg Koassilator Pro
- Korg Kaossilator
- Korg Mini-KP
- Sony Acid Loops (crash tastic)
- Adobe Audition (software that hates your sound card)
- Voice from Alison (on Ode to Stink Bugs)
Click here to download a .zip file of the album in .mp3 format including cover art. (37 megs)**
** Still aint makin money off this crap. Still more fun than money can buy to make it. Once again, the best compensation for this effort would be any sort of comment left here on this blog. Hozpitality thanks YOU (and your Pre Made Toast).
Throughout the release, Hozpitality speaks at length of Circus Clowns, Stink Bugs, Angry Hot Dogs and Toddler Sized Shark Cages and, as is in earlier efforts, is heavily reliant on technologic savvy to highlight these topics. But after multiple listenings to the varied Korg created cacophonies future beats and art-house vocals this reviewer must conclude the band truly has no idea what they’re talking about when it actually comes to confining small children within the watery confines of a steel cage. This is truly disappointing as the album artwork does an extremely convincing job of lying to us about their knowledge of such subject matter. Instead the band offers up their simple, beautiful and often magically composed pieces that lend the album a fresh sound and sense of wonder that is even more satsfying than watching a small child drown.
4 out of 5 stars.