Farquar Muckenfuss
They Grow Their Own Meat (Grade E, but Edible)
(1999)
Reviewed by Linda T. Stonehocker
A nicely crafted pastiche of found sounds and radio samples frame high-energy rockabilly/surf guitar instrumentals.
The cover suggests a level of bizarre humor the music never quite attains as Tom Foolery, guitars; Harvy Wallbanger, "all-impending doom"; and Salvador Monella, "severed head," investigate some sort of conspiracy involving a gorgeous blond a la "X Files." Any decipherable words on the project are from other sources, which makes its themes very obscure. The sound bites from the militia broadcasts were the only standout.
This isn't a bad listen--great driving music, actually--and probably was a lot of fun to construct. A small independent release, it won't disappoint if you run across a copy someplace, but it isn't worth going out of your way to seek out. Still, I'll be interested in hearing of further developments from Farquar Muckenfuss.
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