Australian goof-balls, Regurgitator’s latest full-length, SuperHappyFunTimesFriends, is 14 tracks of hyper-active silliness paired with legitimate songwriting and production.
Although the group’s roots are planted firmly in rock ‘n’ roll soil, no genre is left untouched on this album. From pop punk (“Punk Mum”), psychedelic folk (“Super Happy Funtime”), hip hop (“All Fake Everything”) bit-pop (“Game Over Dude”) and electro (“D.M.T 42”). The rest of the less-than-serious-rock tunes fall neatly somewhere between Fountains of Wayne and Flight of the Concords.
SuperHappyFunTimesFriends is one of those records that the older generation of punk and rock fans can spin with their kids in the car and not mind it. You know the type, the ones that still wear jeans with holes in the knees, Chuck Taylor shoes and have multiple tattoos and piercings, but work a boring 9-5 gig. The album is fun enough for the kids with its simple lyrics and hooky melodies, but tongue-in-cheek enough for the parents to latch onto. Like Shonen Knife or The Aquabats!, Regurgitator strike that perfect balance of adolescence and maturity. Perhaps they have a future guest-slot on Yo Gabba Gabba! in their future.
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