Budokan Boys - The Ooze
Released: October 31 When I picked up this album, I could swear I vaguely remember hearing something from Budokan Boys before. After listening, I’m still not sure if I had or not, but I can say for sure that this album is almost immediately attention grabbing. From the weird delayed pads and strange straining vocals of the the very first track “Sorceress,” it’s an odd and fun little journey of psychedelic textures imprinted on almost every element. The vocal treatments throughout the album vary but they all have this strained but also slightly cartoonish quality to all of them. I think the closest thing really get to serious is on the second track, “The Ooze.” But even here any sincere attempt at seriousness is immediately undercut which makes it feel like a dad joke about existential dread. It sounds preposterous but it is honestly a pretty genius amalgam of moods condensed into one weird track. The motif of there being a persistent uncertainty regarding the seriousness or ...
