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Hot Lunch |
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B00000I42B |
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Yellow Dog |
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Austin, Texas's Asylum St. Spankers take their genre-melding to the hilt, provided the genres are all forms of American music pre-1940. On Hot Lunch, the 10-piece collective mixes hot jazz, ragtime, blues, kitsch, and country into an amalgam of its own, with goofy lyrics and plenty of humor. The Squirrel Nut Zippers are an obvious comparison, but the Spankers' focus is on strings, not brass, and these tunes don't need to swing to work. On "U.F.O. Attack," the group pays homage to Spike Jones with plenty of musical saw and washboard, the title track is a Gypsy-inspired romp, and "Island Angel" is a soft Hawaiian ballad. Coproducer Bob Brozman even joins in on a few songs and adds some serious instrumental chops on his National guitar and ukulele. It's fun, campy, and--yeah--hot. --Jason Verlinde |
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