One of my heady brahs got his hands on Ween’s new album La Cucaracha. As a reader of Brahsome.com you know we back Ween a lot. A. Lot. So we were pretty stoked to check it out. And, this being Ween, they didn’t disappoint.
From the instrumental, Mexican flavored opener Fiesta to the heart felt thank you card, Your Party (featuring a silky saxophone by David Sanborn and my personal favorite track), the brothers Ween take you on their usual roller coaster of sounds and emotions. Building on the party feel that came with their summer EP Friends, La Cucaracha is a high energy (except for the creepy Spirit Walker and emotional Lullaby) production that is perfect for either your next dinner party or hiding in the basement, snorting ecstasy off the radiator.
The album has the usual suspects: a catchy little love song (Sweetheart), a blue grassy/country number (Learnin’ to Love), a track sung by Dean (My Own Bare Hands), and the hard stuff (an 11-minute ‘Woman and Man’). A slightly re-tooled Friends, a psuedo-love song Object and Blue Balloons are a few other highlights.
It’s basically what you hope for when a band you love releases a new album. While not necessarily breaking new ground, it’s Ween. The lyrics are weird, the songs are catchy and you have to listen to it at least three or four times to get a handle on it. The album, released by Rounders, comes out the to common people on October 23.
From Reutors:
“The demo kind of sounded like the Red Hot Chili Peppers or something,” Melchiondo [Dean] says. “But then we decided to go the opposite way — instead of making it nasty, we thought, ‘Let’s make it smooth.’ And when I think of smooth, I think of David Sanborn.”
Rating: 4/5
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I can’t wait to hear this.
biggest thing you ever did done see big jilm….