Quick! Someone call no homo on this purple bat o’tolerance before I wax every hair on my body except for my bushy dick-duster. Just kidding. This album is so fucking rad that I couldn’t wait for its proper release date (April 28th) to tell you so. But first, a little history: Back in the 60s, when your dad smoked pot, a band from England called the Beatles made a movie called Help!–with an exclamation mark (to denote strong feelings such as excitement, or agitation)–and released an album of the same name that included songs from the movie. That movie and album have basically nothing to do with this record, aside from the fact that the Beatles appear on the cover of Help! wearing blue Willy Wonka-lookin’ ponchos that vaguely recall Mr. Bat’s pose on the cover of Thee Oh Sees’ Help, but gayer (nice hat, George… you dead bastard).
Anyway, like I said, this album is rad. On their last album, which has a really long title that I’m sure you already know, Thee Oh Sees kicked out 45 minutes worth of distilled psychedelic garage rock crack that I didn’t put down for a few months. This time around, they’ve followed pretty much the same formula, except they’ve tightened things up. It’s the same tarmac-peeling rock, but possessed with an insane locomotion, a twist party with a mosh pit in the middle, flanked by monster reverb, huge guitars, and lean, mean drums. “Enemy Destruct” gives you permission to do what its title suggests (while making it rain Busch on your own damn head and the heads of those around you). “Meat Step Lively,” leaked below for your listening pleasure, has a kick-ass flute part that will make you reconsider the fact that you are now making a ‘tard face at the suggestion of a kick-ass flute part. “Destroyed Fortress Reappears” is the soundtrack to your next bong rip. Speaking of which… it’s time for me to slam these ludes and jizz rainbows o’joy with my new purple bat-friend!