Post by chazraps on Feb 15, 2010 14:02:42 GMT -5
This one's for my fellow Wesley Willis / Captain Beefheart / The Troggs fans.
You know how once a decade a genuine oddball comes out of the woodwork, releases one brilliantly absurd album and then disappears? I think we've got another one.
This guy Curtis Plum is a genuine eccentric that Sage Francis discovered through MySpace and coerced into putting an album out. It's like listening to the second coming of Daniel Johnston. Really funny, really bizarre, and with songs covering everything from Bike Cops to squaring of against the Jack-in-the-Box mascot on the golf course, I still can't believe this album exists. Behold:
I thought my fellow fans of outsider music would appreciate the heads up.
Here's my full review - popularopinions.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/curtis-plum-call-my-cellphone-album-review/
You know how once a decade a genuine oddball comes out of the woodwork, releases one brilliantly absurd album and then disappears? I think we've got another one.
This guy Curtis Plum is a genuine eccentric that Sage Francis discovered through MySpace and coerced into putting an album out. It's like listening to the second coming of Daniel Johnston. Really funny, really bizarre, and with songs covering everything from Bike Cops to squaring of against the Jack-in-the-Box mascot on the golf course, I still can't believe this album exists. Behold:
I thought my fellow fans of outsider music would appreciate the heads up.
Here's my full review - popularopinions.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/curtis-plum-call-my-cellphone-album-review/
