Here we go again....
So this is the 2nd band formed by Alex Kemp following the demise of Small Factory a couple of years previous with a brief diversion into one called the Godrays (with Small Factory drummer Phoebe Summersquash which is either an alias or the result of bad hippie parenting.)
Like all the other bands, it's pretty earnest. That's not necessarily a bad thing. They wear their hearts on their sleeves. It's nice to listen to, but I'm not sure that I'd recommend dating them lest you find yourself immortalized in the inevitable break up song.
So many years ago I was thumbing through a dollar bin of cds and came across one by Philistines, jr. which had a completely non-ironic cover of "Moon River" on a console organ that tickles my fancy. (I really am a big Mancini fan. He wrote some great tunes)
The main force behind them seems to be Tarquin Katis who has a recording studio and a label and who makes happy music under various monikers with a rotating cast of characters. Including the Zambonis who play songs about hockey and who shared a single with a Harry Potter themed band for a crossover record of Harry Potter Hockey themed songs. You just can't make this stuff up.
He's also backed up comic artist James Kolchaka Superstar for a really fabulous cd with such classics as "Magic Finger". I never want to be so old and curmudgeonly that this song doesn't make me laugh.
So into this mix comes the Happiest Guys in the World with two sides of eternal optimism and encouragement. In these trying times, now more than ever this is what this country needs.
If you need visuals there's also this video for "Hey Hey, It's the Vegetable Man" that's not related to the unreleased 4th early Pink Floyd single "Vegetable Man".
Have you got it yet?
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