Review Round Up 03/06/20

Defying The Righteous Way by Cardinals Folly (03/06/20)

Every fear years, Cardinals Folly comes along and graces with their fuzzy, fuzzy presence.

This band is exactly what any fan would want out of a stoner doom fuzz band. Their songs are long and meandering.

Every so often, when not paying attention, this great melodic solos just show up. This is a wholly shred free record. There might be some hammer-ons or pull offs, but don't be looking for any two handed tapping.

The singer is not that great, but  just perfect for the project. From time to time, he leaves his comfort zone and begins the howl growls.

There's very little growth or expansion to their sound, but they've kind of perfected it and I for one hope they keep it going strong for years to come.

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Video: "Sold My Soul" by Formosa

In the world right now, there's epic amounts of badness and anti-good things that are all ready and around you. They want to upset you.

So, let's welcome back that German Trio full of Goodness and Anti-Bad things who want to make you super happy.

Preorder this record now!

Video: "Johnny The Beaver (Acoustic Version)" by Formosa

Years ago, when I worked for a large vitamin store chain, one of the other assistant managers and I got into a deep debate about music that's funny.

Well, long story short, she was wrong and humorous music is awesome. Speaking of artists that put a smile on my face every time I hear them, it's Germany's Formosa! They're foremost silly rock band out of umm...the part of Germany from which they hail.

Most likely, they're like Bavarian Erzherzogs who're doing this for fun. If that's the case, they're sure making it fun for me too.

You can pick up their record, Sorry For Being Sexy, via BANDCAMP.

Video: "Pull Away" by Formosa

The other day, talking to my buddy, for some reason Formosa popped into my head. It's been awhile since Kevin has been over to hang out.

Formosa you might recall is that crazy band of Germans who gave us a great AC/DC meets ESP Guitars meets Poison record Sorry For Being Sexy.

This video below is a lyric video for their latest single from that record, Pull Away. Make sure ya crank it loud and proud.

Vinyl Review: "Sorry For Being Sexy" by Formosa

Sorry for being sexy

It's time to bring you into my process a little bit to help differentiate my regular reviews from the vinyl ones.

The vast majority of the albums I review are via digital promos, i.e. downloads, streams, whathaveyou and obviously, that's totally cool as you may have noticed how many have been posted over the nearly Six Years of Glacially Musical.

When the digital reviews are done, I'm sad to say, the records are typically streamed through my shitty desktop PC speakers.

As Glacially Musical isn't paying my bills, concessions have to be made and it's important to balance my life. This site is an avocation and a labor of love.

When we started the vinyl reviews back in 2016, it never occurred to me how different it might be listening to these bands' albums on my personal stereo system. If you've been reading the vinyl interviews, you know about my home setup.

Video: "Mañana" by Formosa

Some days you wake up after a bender of watching Canadian Football, playing the Atari Jaguar, and watching that weird Jagermeister commercial.

When that happens, this is pretty much what happens when you come to.

Check out what Formosa are up to now. Take a few minutes to watch it instead of arguing as to why the Turbo Grafx-16 is superior to the Sega Genesis...

Because we all know the Panasonic 3DO nailed it.

Video: "Love On The Highway" by Formosa

There comes a time in everybody's life when a good tub thumpin' good time is what the doctor ordered.

German Rockers, Formosa, have given us the soundtrack to that. We've all had the fantasy of flipping off our boss, blowing cigarette smoke in his face, and pounding a pint of German Pilsner.

Also, be on the lookout for the Gameboy Color!