I'm astonished! What a bizarre and pleasant find. This band has been around since 1967 and still releasing albums, yet I've never heard of them. It's a baroque chamber-pop, art-rock band, reminiscent of Queen but with more of a comic and absurdist streak. The first track on the album, "Dick Around," a six-and-a-half minute vocal tour de force about the idle life, shows that right off. Voices are used as instruments, lyrics are repeated, choruses burst in and layer upon one another. It's as if written by a modern, post-ironic, self-effacing Gilbert and Sullivan. Favorite tracks: "Metaphor," "Waterproof," "Dick Around."
