The Flashcards: ()()(@*:::!? (Not The Punctuation) - Refrains, Rhymes, Rhythms & Rubbish 'Riginating 'Rom Rochdale (2020)

50/100

Genre: Acoustic/anti-folk/country

True to its title, ()()(@*:::!? (Not The Punctuation) plays like someone messing around in their spare time, writing and recording songs on the fly. It is clearly just for fun and bare-bones—or what you could literally call garbage-tier music. That said, the recording quality is decent enough to pass as a tolerable live recording style.

One particularly awkward moment occurs in "Toucan Play at That Game" because I misheard the lyrics as "Two c*nts play at the gay." Appalling, isn't it? Were they aware of that too? Or was it entirely intentional? Who knows. Then there is a parody of Radiohead’s staple track, "Fake Plastic Trees," transformed into "Fake Plastic Soap."

So, are there any tracks here that lean a bit more serious? Given the method used above, it's a bit confusing to determine which tracks could actually be deemed serious, especially since I myself am well-accustomed to listening to "low-quality" tunes. If I were to rely solely on emotive impact, I’d point to "About My Life," "Not Do Things," and "While My Nose Gently Weeps." There are also plenty of filler tracks, which causes the album content to bloat to a whopping 28 songs! Fortunately, the runtimes are relatively short, so it didn't feel like total torture.

Tracklist:

1. Really Important

2. Trevor

3. Teenage Cheesebag

4. Tales From Petersborough

5. Toucan Play At That Game

6. Chicken In My Pocket

7. Jemima The Goose

8. Under Kravitz

9. Australia

10. GENEric Rock (Yeh)

11. About My Life

12. Hohner International (With Screws)

13. The Plath Jar

14. Champagne Nuts

15. Retrieve My Stikids

16. Grange Hill (Parts 1-6)

17. The Ballad Of The G Harmonica (In A)

18. Sushi! Sushi! Sushi! (It's Not In My Fridge)

19. Fake Plastic Soap

20. Not Do Things

21. High And Books

22. Dan's Days Out

23. Cleothatcher Valance

24. Confetti Blues

25. While My Nose Gently Weeps

26. Flem Jones

27. The Nuns Of Gavin

28. Enter Noise (Forn't Un Movie)

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