Altogether Now (Birds Bees Flowers Trees)
Album | Patrick & Eugene
Whimsical trad-jazz meets bouncy dance grooves.
What would you expect from a duo comprising the percussionist for UK big-beat boys Groove Armada and the guy who plays sax in Hawkwind tribute band Hoaxwind? If your answer was anywhere close to Patrick and Eugene's mix of the Bonzo Dog Band's whimsical trad-jazz and Kid Creole's bouncy dance grooves, you were one step ahead of us. The sounds of banjos, ukuleles, horns, musical saws, and programmed beats abound on Altogether Now. So does a uniquely British sense of humor that finds its roots not only in the aforementioned Bonzos and their friends in Monty Python, but also in earlier British humorists like ukulele-wielding music hall comic George Formby, The Goon Show and Beyond the Fringe. It's apparent not only in original tunes like "Llama," where the duo asks "What's your favorite ungulate?" (helpfully adding "That's a hoofed mammal - like a camel"), but also on such tongue-in-cheek takeovers as their ska-flecked, Madness-goes-clubbing version of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head." Altogether Now is actually a compilation of the best cuts from the band's first two albums, but it's their first U.S. release. America, meet your favorite new Limey loons.
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