Catholic Boys--Psychic Voodoo Mind Control
Trick Knee 2004
Very rarely does an album come out which deserves an instant seat at the table reserved for those greatest of all time. When you are blessed with such an outing, it's so overwhelmingly exciting that music itself feels new all over again. Prepare to rediscover punk rock n' roll. With Psychic Voodoo Mind Control, the Catholic Boys have crafted a masterpiece for the ages.
The base of the Catholic Boys sound comes from the Reatards school of thought--this is abrasive punk rock n' roll, at its core. However, these guys bring a unique angularity to the style all their own--these songs each contain multiple section changes. The thing is, nobody has ever made music fractured as that on Psychic Voodoo Mind Control sound so damn straightforward. Whether this is a byproduct of the sheer fury the material is executed with, or something else, the result is a hypnotic listen that bears endless repeat encounters.
Needless to say, the songwriting on Psychic Voodoo Mind Control is pristine, completely devoid of flaw. Still, the meat of the album's order does stand out a bit from the rest. Starting with the hyperkinetic Destroy-Oh-Boy slant of "Teenage Monster," moving to the dimension warping, lopsided stomp of "I Told Ya," on through to the jagged slither of "Get Loose," the album's middle section provides one of the most lethal three punch combinations in recorded music history. It never lets up, either--tracks like the twisting wig-out of "Leather Skin Death Mask" drive things home just the way you'd hoped they would.
Very few albums can ever claim to be instant classics, but Psychic Voodoo Mind Control is certainly that. Along with Popular Favorites and Teenage Hate, this disc forms the standard-bearing triad which all other similarly minded efforts should aspire to. The Catholic Boys are for fans of all the aforementioned bands and albums, as well as for Lost Sounds and Final Solutions devotees. Rock n' roll not only feels but is more alive because of this record.
Score this CD directly from UNDERGROUND MEDICINE
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