SUPER TARANTA! - GOGOL BORDELLO
OK, so these guys are still crazy in the best possible way, blending Eastern European Gypsy stylings and a punk rock sensibility into a ferocious, frenzied sound that has no real peer or progenitor in pop music. Imagine the B-52’s playing a wedding in Siberia and you’ll have a loose idea of what’s in store on these 14 tracks. “Ultimate” gets things going in a frenzy of fiddles, accordion and guitar as Eugene Hutz urges us to “Go forever crazy with it!,” while the politically minded “Zina-Marina” and “Forces of Victory” weave some rock guitar crunch into the mix. There’s plenty of social commentary on such tracks as “Harem in Tuscany (Taranta),” “Tribal Connection” and “Your Country,” while “American Wedding” offers a genuinely hysterical comparison of cultural institutions — and is likely the only rock song that will mention marinated herring this year.
