Search - Country Teasers :: Secret Weapon Revealed at Last

Warped brilliance or apathetic con? Who cares?!

Donkey Dick | Blubber Land | 07/22/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"On "Deaths," the fourth track on this new Country Teasers album, B.R. Wallers drunkenly slurs on the final verse, "There's no lyrics to this part of the song, make up your own so you can sing along." That sums up the Teasers perfectly. First off, it appears as if they are always drunk. They probably don't turn their 4-track on until they're all soused. It also doesn't appear that they care at all, about an audience, about musical prowess, about recording quality, about songwriting -- nothing.



Yet there's no way I could classify them as a novelty act. Sure, there's a bit of schtick involved, and often the music/lyrics are grotesquely hilarious, but like Ween, nothing ever seems forced or premeditated. The Country Teasers simply are what they are, and this new record, sporting two completely different titles, shows that they're nothing short of genius.



I don't think many people would agree with me, and trust me, I'm trying to dole out the 5-star ratings sparingly. But I've been listening to this album for months now, and it's simultaneously hilarious, disturbing, thoughtful, and always mysterious."

The noise-rock Ween?

I. Berger | Cleveland, OH | 02/14/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Having just seen this band do powerful versions of some these songs in Chicago, I have to wonder whats with this album's "boycotting the studio" in favor of abrasive cheap-sounding home production, juvenile inside jokes, sped-up vocals and toy synths sounds. Having spent years as either the brainiest garage band or dirtiest art band, are the mighty Country Teasers now set on reinventing themselves as the Ween of noise rock? But listen again and you'll find some new Teasers classics tucked in here among the navel-gazing tracks (check out EHWPSA, Please Stop F***ing Each Other, and Deaths)."