B52s – Funplex
Posted by PacMusic on April 13, 2008
Cheesy, Zany, unapologetically brilliant.
From ‘them who did loveshack’ and the ‘ones who did Rock Lobster that was on family guy’ comes a new album, with more cheese than a cheese pizza with extra cheese and more cheese being eaten by Bob Fosse.
Mr and Mrs Talky-Shouterson are back!
It just fun and filled with shouty mayhem.
“Keep doing what we’re doing ’cause we’re doing it right. Keep doing what we’re doing ’cause it’s what we like” and this is true. I do like it. It’s a style that only the B52s seem to be able to perform well and they continue to do so. There’s nothing shockingly innovative about this album in contrast to their others, but because nobody else is even trying to do the same things, it’s still sounding as refreshingly new as it did when they first came out in the 80s.
Listen to this album: With a huge hat on
Rating: 84%
Extracts from ‘Ultraviolet’ and ‘ Deviant Ingredient’
“Funplex”
