THE VANDALS
Shingo Japanese Remix Album
Kung Fu Records
· Take note pop-punkers – change is good.
Love the snotty vocals and sophomoric humour of pop-punk, but hate how repetitive it all is musically? Then the Vandals’ Shingo Japanese Remix Album is the burst of random glee you’ve been looking for. DJ Shingo drops everything but Dave Quackenbush’s vocals, recasting a dozen or so tracks somewhere between DJ Jazzy Jeff’s summery soundscapes and Cornelius’s buffet-in-a-blender approach, with impressive results.
The best tracks are the ones with the strongest melodies to begin with – "Little Weirdo" turns the tale of a local rocket scientist into an electro-lounge odyssey, while "I’m Becoming You" is bad blue-eyed soul in the best of ways. "Disproportioned Head" even features a Japanese rap breakdown. Things get shakier when Shingo tries to put hardcore yelps over hip hop beats, but on the whole it’s probably the best thing the Vandals have done since Hitler Bad, Vandals Good.
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