Buffalo Daughter
Captain Vapour Athletes
[Grand Royal]
Rating: 8.5
Easily one of the greatest psycho records of all time, right up there with
Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman. The non-traditional instruments involved
in the recording of the album include an S.W. radio, 303, and turntables. Records
don't get much moogier than this these days. In fact, the kid that runs the turntables
is named Moog Yamamoto.
Captain Vapour Athletes sounds like one of those dreams you have when you're
10 where you're in a computer-generated world, being attacked by giant gelatinous
cubes. Don't ask me, I didn't make the album. I just listened to it.
The album can be classified as "An Experience," at the very least. If it doesn't
suck you into a realm of Satanic dominos and screaming fajitas, you're just not
getting it. Really, I think you've probably gotta be high to get the full flavor.
Haven't tried it yet, but I just have a feeling.
Anyway, it's great, even without drugs. It doesn't sound like it took long to record,
so maybe these kids'll be prolific, too.
-Ryan Schreiber