Misfits meet the Nutley Brass Misfits Records/2005
There are a load of bands rehashing the sounds of the old days. This includes the post-punk movement, a couple of disco-sounding acts, and a bevy of psych rockers. The Nutley Brass, however, has carved a niche in the elevator/Mantovani realm of music. The group, solely composed of Sam Elwitt and a keyboard, takes on the catalog of the Misfits this time around, pacifying such songs as “Last Caress,” “Teenagers From Mars,” and “Skulls”.
A bouncy disc that is aimed at giggles and perhaps the geriatric portion of the Misfits fanbase, the Nutley Brass’s latest certainly falls under the category of a novelty album. Through chorus and verse, the record aptly covers the Misfits’ songs not only in structure, but in length. Running at a total of 23 minutes and eleven tracks, it acts like the peppermint you take after finishing a long meal at a fancy restaurant; it’s quick, it satisfies your curiosity sweet tooth, but how often you sample its taste probably depends on how often you go out to eat at ritzy places.
-- Evan Mauser, 8/11/05 |
