Sometimes you look at a record cover, take a gamble and pick the damn thing up because it's cheap and looks right up your alley. Sometimes you win and sometimes you get a shitty ska band.
But sometimes you get some classic 80's New Wave Pop
Based on the credits these guys were from Houston. There are two songs on the 12". Both are fine examples of the classic New Wave Pop style. Nothing too weird, but certainly something you can strap on a skinny tie and dance around a room to. There's nothing wrong with that. Just be cool and don't make it uncomfortable for others.
Sometimes you throw your money down and get home and have a WTF? moment wondering what it was you just spent your hard earned on.
This is one of those times.
The single appears to be a split between Desira and Angel Demonic but I suspect they're the same people. Both sides are tributes to King Kong probably put out to coincide with the release of the ginormous Dino de Laurentis epic where Kong climbs the Twin Towers instead of the Empire State Building and perhaps cash in a little bit. It didn't work.
But in the end we're left with this oddity.
The Desira side "Gorilla" is a woman fronted hard rockin' entity with a bit of that kind of theatricality that Jim Steinman would make bank on with Meatloaf. The Angel Demonic side "Saga to Kong" is just odd and I haven't had enough coffee to come up with things like adjectives for it.
Did I mention that both songs are about King Kong?
Did I mention that both songs are about King Kong?
Yeah, that's important.
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