THE METALUNAS
Instrumentals Of Terror (RIP)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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Canadian surf legend Mark Brodie returns with an album that finds the trio leaving their usual sci-fi haunts and dipping into the world of the cheesy horror flick. The music, of course, is anything but cheesy, and since I love music that gives me the creeps, this CD is aces with me. "Death Comes At Midnight" is oh so gloomy, and the ticking clock at the end forced my evil lips to curl into a smile. Damn them! (This happens to me as All Hallows Eve approaches. Sorry.) Everything is as it should be: awash in glorious reverb, dark and mysterious, filled with incidental yells and far-off noises that would scare the crap out of you if you weren't absolutely sure you could hit eject if you had to. Don't. Turn it up instead. You don't want to miss "Munster Mosh," now, do you? (For answer, see below.) And the unlisted "Theme From A Summer Place" has to be heard to be... well... done with. (You'll be okay if you don't try to drive or operate heavy machinery afterward, or do anything else that requires normal equilibrium.) Personal note to Mr, Brodie: No matter how low the tide of the 3rd wave of surf gets, make records like these. Thank you.

(Answer to question: No, you fool.)

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