This is the original soundtrack to the new zombie movie by Bruce LaBruce. Its been a very long time since I’ve heard anything on the Crippled Dick Hot Wax label, it was somewhat a favourite of mine in the 90′, some quirky and crazy reissues, mainly of European origin.
A nice compilation of morose and foreboding tunes by Mikael Karlsson, Jean-Louis Huhta, 4th Sign Of The Apocalypse, All My Friends, Pandas Of Black Metal, Misty Roses, The Living Dead Boys, No Bra, Brittle Stars, Eyes And Teeth, Othon With Ernesto Tomasini, La Jovenc, Ultra Milkmaids + V, and The Homophones. The soundtrack starts moody, moving through some nice acoustic tracks, an almost Odd Nosdam like track (4th Sign Of The Apocalypse) of dirge beats, haunting orchestration, Joy Division guitar wails, and a truly twisted vocal. More whimsical moments are present with All My Friends, before Pandas Of Black Metal inflict their take on metal sampling dance music, and Misty Roses bring the tone down again with their balladry. The Living Dead Boys take us back to the dancefloor, with a strange hybrid of screaming guitars and disco, and No Bra bring us a quirky ditty, coming across like the female equivalent to Radiohead, very strange, while Brittle Stars lay down drone soundscapes of guitar noise. Eyes And Teeth head for abstract hip-hop territory with twisted vocals, while Othon construct strange orchestration with almost operatic vocalist, and La Jovenc and Ultra Milkmaids + V head into experimental electronic territory with two deliciously abstract tracks. The Homophones round out the soundtrack with a quirky pop number, “hey now, everyone’ dead…â€. Makes me want to check out the film, a very quirky soundtrack.
Wayne Stronell
