Haunted Head * by Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds NEUF mode

Tracks:
Lurch
Su Su
Killer Diller
I Dont Like
Rad Lords Return, The
Haunted Head
Lady Hawke Blues
Lets Go!
Loud + Proud
222
Dance Me Swamply
Lamonts Requiem [Instrumental]

Performer Notes:

• Personnel: Kid Congo Powers (vocals, guitar, Theremin); Jesse Roberts (vocals, guitar); Kiki Solis (vocals, baritone guitar); Ron Miller (vocals, keyboards, drums).
• Audio Mixers: Adam Hess; Ron Miller .
• Recording information: The Harveyville Project (2012).
• Kid Congo Powers (the stage name of Brian Tristan) is hardly a kid these days. He is, after all, the veteran garage guitarist from the Gun Club and the Cramps, did a stint with Nick Caves Bad Seeds, and Haunted Head is the third album he has done with his current band, the Pink Monkey Birds (bassist Kiki Solis, drummer Ron Miller, and guitarist Jesse Roberts). No, he might not be a kid these days, but hes lost none of his youthful goofiness or any urge to stop playing punk garage rock like it never went out of style, which it never truly does. But in Powers world, Iggy and the Stooges get merged with the Three Stooges, and this is visionary cartoon rock full of surf overtones, fuzzy guitars, and Captain Beefheart lyrics that seem more made up on the spot than actually written. Powers is hardly a great vocalist, sounding more like a beat poet speaking and slightly chanting his latest musings backed by a ragged, kick-ass band channeling the ghost of Screamin Jay Hawkins backed by the Stones lost in New Orleans at their drunkest. The whole album is a slab of loose noise that somehow gets over on its own verve and kinetics, with songs emerging from the mix in Powers baritone singing/speaking voice. "Lets Go!" is a fraying, joyous call for motion and action; the opener, "Lurch," does just that, lurching about like a delightful lost surf tune on too much whiskey; and "Killer Diller" somehow works as a tribute to comedian Phyllis Diller merged with the 1950s ghost of Jerry Lee Lewis. "Dance Me Swamply" is Powers version of a love song, although even it exists in a strange twilight world of juju cartoons. This is Kid Congo Powers. He may not be a kid anymore, but he isnt too big on changing his style, which is a good thing. ~ Steve Leggett

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 27 May, 2013

Label: In the Red Records

Dimensions: 14 x 12.7 x 0.6 centimeters (0.05 kg)