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October 27, 2004
dung - who flung
This album is funny. It’s got all the elements of juvenile toilet humour, the name Dung, and the title Who Flung. The track titles 20 pot screamer, sort it out, If I’m going to hell (I’m taking you with me) all pretty much reflect that attitude. And make no mistake that’s pretty much what you can expect from this album. It’s ballsy pub rock, and it’s not ashamed to admit it.
If you take a careful look at the back cover, a stick figure of kerri-anne sports the standard stick figure cock and ball. Very classy dung. Of course being released in 2001 it predates a lot of bands that really started to ride the wave of lo-fi punk flavoured rock. That genre has been around since 1970 but this just happens to be a particularly fine example of a genre experiencing a big resurgence. People sick of bands with a dj out the back will dig right into the meat and potato rock sound that’s on this album. It’s nothing but guitars, distortion, drums and bass and a bit more distortion.
There’s actually quite a decent variety of sounds on this album, its all leaning towards the harder pub rock sound, but the album isn’t ‘samey’ like a lot of dirty rock is. There is so appallingly gratuitous guitar solo work on tracks like bee sting, but this album was released long before the darkness made 80’s guitar widdle acceptable. Besides, that’s an unfair comparison; the darkness sound is basic carbon copy of earlier sound, where this is at least musically progressive. Not THAT progressive, but still very much worth a listen.
Vocals are not dissimilar to the Tism vocal sound at full yell. I just don’t think that the Dung boys really give too much of a crap – but then again this album has clearly been professionally recorded and mastered and a difficult mix is quite even and well mixed to emphasize parts of the music as the songs dictate. It’s a bit sneaky like that, it’s quite a polished album in terms of the mix, but still retains a good sized chunkiness that’s reminiscent of pub performance.
Check it out if you like your music dirty and smelly. Stand out tracks for me is Me Volkswagen Iz Kaput or Sort It Out. Sort it Out has one of the funniest starts to a song I think I’ve ever heard…
Dung – Who Flung
File Under: Your grotty beer soaked pub rock placemat..
Label: Shock
Released: 2002
Track Listing:
20 Pot Screamer
Bee Sting
You Lookie Like
Dump On Me
If I’m Going to Hell (I’m taking you as well)
Follow Me Home
5.30 AM
Me Volkswagen Iz Kaput
Miss Me When I’m Dead
Sort It Out
Stick the Pig
Posted by funnelbc at October 27, 2004 10:15 PM
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