The Muffs are back. I'm really pleased that The Muffs are back. I can't believe The Pixies treated Kim Shattuck like they did - that sucked and every time I hear Kim Shattuck growl and snarl on this record I believe it's aimed at that band. Just in case you have no idea who The Muffs are, they're a trio (originally a quartet) from L.A. and were responsible for a host of albums featuring a unique take on poppy and melodic punk rock and I'm kind of excited to have new music by the band. I apologise for that mini stream of consciousness but a new album by The Muffs elicits joy and breathlessness in me, almost to the point where I'm hyperventilating.
Whoop Dee Doo is in fact the band's first album in ten years and in all honesty it doesn't stray from the path that Shattuck and her co-conspirators of 20 years, Ronnie Barnett and Roy McDonald, have furrowed for all of their careers under the banner of The Muffs. From the moment the caustic "Weird Boy Next Door" springs into life I feel totally energised and full of expectancy as Shattuck is back doing what she does so well - spewing lyrics that are sort of nasty but which are played out over up-tempo and almost playful punk rock......Rich 27
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