Regurgitator - SuperHappyFunTimesFriends (Album)

For those that are old enough, do you remember Tu-Plang and Unit? Do you remember them accurately? What was at the time heralded in the mainstream as forward-thinking and innovative music, was actually a group of young guys having fun, taking the piss and fitting as much toilet humour into an album as they could. Those who do remember should say hello to Reguritator’s new album 'SuperHappyFunTimesFriends'. For those who haven’t heard the ‘Gurge before – take a moment away from your hipster life and check out what fun music is all about.

For once the band have held back on their obsessive-compulsive control freak tendencies and the album benefits from the overall rawness in production. As an album that was hurriedly thrown together just to give them something to tour with, the SuperHappyFunTimesFriends has the fortunate timing of coming off the back of a Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time top ten result, and has the usual Regurgitator kitsch being released on cassette and a digitally encoded badge.

Lyrically hilarious and packed with awesome like “The trackies look flat 'cause I got no bum” and “Milk and honey served with fire and brimstone”, the record has some absolute gems. Sure there’s a little filler on there, like D.M.T 42 and Game Over Dude, but even then it’s fun and more interesting than the average mid-album track. My favourite track is the dirty funk laced interlude Devil Spell, while Punk Mum and Outer Space also have an instant appeal.

They manage to tap everyone 80s from Spandau Ballet to the Piano Man to Bow Wow Wow, and even have a Good Charlotte touch every now and then. Many people won’t like the diversity, won’t understand the humour and won’t appreciate the brutal honesty hidden behind it all. Whereas this little black duck thinks it’s the best work they’ve done since Tu-Plang and will have it blaring out the car window all summer.

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