Sometimes the strangest things happen when you least expect it. I mean, how was the label contact who sent me this album to know that I absolutely love this kind of music? I didn’t tell him and it can’t be a coincidence, the chance of that is just too small. Well, there’s only one option then: I am a psychic without knowing it.
Allow me to elaborate. A couple of years ago an article in a guitar magazine focused my attention to alternative guitar music. Note that this is NOT the same as alternative music, not at all. Alternative Guitar, as the article explained, is mostly lo-fi music from people who do not wish to play their instruments “correctly”. Correctly meaning: the way the general public says it is supposed to be. That explains the alternative parts. The best examples for this kind of music can be found in The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Sonic Youth, MC5, Television or Dinosaur Jr. (note that most of these artists are nowadays considered to be real pioneers in their own genre and an inspiration to not the least of today’s artists, especially in the stoner scene, which I also dig very much – coincidence? I think not).
I would not have told you this if it didn’t have anything to do with Monkey Buzzness, which of course it does.

So much even, that you can shamelessly list them as one of the aforementioned. Hang on – comparing a new band with the Underground and Sonic Youth? Oh yes. All you need to do is put on this album and you know what I mean. These bands have most definitely had a big impact on the people in this band. Sometimes they sound like Velvet Underground, sometimes like Sonic Youth, Sometimes like nothing you have ever heard before. But always with that distinctive lo-fi, edging on detuned sound that specifies the genre. I will not give away much about the songs, but I have to tell you this: do yourself a favour and listen to the brilliant version of “Sea Of Love” (yes, that one). The singer gives away such an amazing Lou Reed impression, you’ll swear that you are listening to an old Velvet recording.
Coolest thing is that since most people consider this kind of music to be a thing of the past, these guys have a ready made, unoccupied niche to fill. So they won’t be hitting the charts; so the album will probably only be sold in backstreet music shops (which as we all know are the best for those special albums we have been looking for for years), but be honest: who cares? As long as you have it, and you will. I’m a psychic, remember?