TracklistingLive At Valley Lodge1.a manure salesman's drunken bar bet.
2. this shit has texas written all over it.
3. fuck you,the master doesn't approve.
4. michael has some big pants to fill.
Review totally not written by erich hess. its that time again its the annual (careful with the that pronunciation) atomic war bride halloween ep! this suitable for framing slice of psychobilly goodness is printed on black and red 180 gram vinyl and guaranteed to be colorfast. THESE COLORS DONT RUN,BABY!!! only the best for atomic war bride ....so i bring you music inspired by the worst! manos the hands of fate is one of the worst movies ever made. basically a family takes a wrong turn and oops. they found a cult. so without further a doo. lets get to the song by song break down.
a manure salesman's drunken bar bet.ok...so the ep was ideally set up to be a sort of frame story like princess bride but the other bookend song was left off the ep pressing. do you want this shit done quick or do you want it done right? so the ep starts with a song telling the tale of how the real film came to be about. a manure salesman bet he could make a film for something absurd,like 2000 bucks or something. the crazy bastard did it too! sadly,a manure salesman making a shitty movie is just science,aint no getting round that. he made a full length movie on a camera that only shot 30 seconds of film at a time..without sound.
karoliena sez: it sounds like psychobilly. you know what we sound like by now. i have shit to do. leave me alone.
this shit has texas written all over it.sounds like
our family starts their vacation on a road trip through rural texas...and nothing happens. i like to think the meandering this song does captures that essence.its one of our longer songs at near 4 minutes! this song is just drenched in reverb and quite atmospheric.
karoliena sez: *clearly a cardboard cut out with a decades younger karoliena on it. a tinny recording of karoliena* it sounds like psychobilly
fuck you,the master doesn't approve.sounds like
this is where the movie and the ep pick up. TORGO. torgo is the caretaker/ henchman. he has bigknees. thats it. oh,and he talks in a weird and warbly way. sadly,the actor never got to see his film in theaters. he committed suicide before it was released. rip john reynolds. in the movie,torgo has this very unique theme song whenever he walks,so we sort of based the song of that. torgo also keeps saying "the master wouldnt approve". over and over. i wrote a song where its just a sort of call and response thing. whats that,a capybara hat? you think its cute,you think its smooth? fuck you,the master doesnt approve! song fuckin knocks em dead live. now its available in convenient take home size!
karoliena sez: *clearly a cardboard cut out with a decades younger karoliena on it. a tinny recording of karoliena* it sounds like psychobilly
Michael has some big pants to fill.sounds like
the master is some frank zappa fucked hitler looking guy. he seems to have a cult of women who are his wives. they are in some sort of stasis until they are woken along with the master. it seems mr torgo has been fucking them while they are unconscious but aware. so the master kills torgo but waving a stick at him...but it doesnt kill him. torgo is later killed by the wives. so the master does fuck all. movie ends with michael now greeting new guests in the same speech pattern as torgo. then the camera pans to the sleeping master and his wives...which now include the mother and young daughter from the family! shit is bleak if you really think about it. this song isnt as fun to do live. child brides really bring the mood down.
karoliena sez: *clearly a cardboard cut out with a decades younger karoliena on it. a tinny recording of karoliena* it sounds like psychobilly
Ooc: thanks to Mr sugar for the art. He's a lifesaver as always.
Ooc: now I'm starting to think I've done this before.