Neon King Kong
title:: "Mix Up The Mix" b-w "Jerks Are Creeping"
label:: GSL
format:: 7"
Former
Le Shok vocalist Hot Rod Todd, going by the name Nancy Manhands, has
teamed up with folks from Teenage Heartthrobs, Lesbian Maker, and
The Count to bring us Neon King Kong.
This band's sound, while not unlike Todd/Nancy's former band, is more polished and less spazzy. They do sound like they're just barely staying in control and the songs are still Le Shok-short ("Mix Up the Mix" is about a minute and fifteen seconds; the flip, "Jerks Are Creeping," is just a hair over one minute long). Art punk, but a little more "punk" than "art" this time time around.
Both sides of this record are great but if I HAD to choose I think I'd pick the a-side, with its Hivesy guitar solo, as my fave.
previous Le Shok reviews from the Gullbuy:
October 30 2001 gullbuy
May
7 2002 gullbuy
---Peter Ledebur
