Bunny Boy
The
Residents
Music
Video Distributors
“Boxes
full of Armageddon, boxes full of death”
The
Residents are a highly creative and eccentric band; it is always hard to pin them
down in relation to musical style and genre, at times punk, other times rock
and even techno - each album is always a new experience.
They
are always pranksters and seem to explore various multimedia opportunities
nearly as much as their music. While some of their recent albums have been at
the experimental end of things, Bunny Boy is subversively mainstream. It is
also incredibly infectious! It has tunes which stick in your mind for you ages
and you hum them over and over again, even though they are filled with dark and
morbid lyrics !
The story centers around a bizarre and
surreal character, the bunny boy, whose search for his missing brother compels
him to post videos on the internet as a "cry for help." (see http://www.residents.com) As the story evolves, it opens up to
interaction between the bunny boy and his audience, causing the narrative to
twist and turn in odd and totally unpredictable ways. Spanning a gap between
insanity and self realization, the unhinged, but affable bunny boy soon finds
himself pursuing a goal no less vital than saving the world from
Armageddon.
This album is filled with rollicking tracks,
19 in all, they are dark, morbid and surreal, yet fast paced and truly
memorable. This is an album you will play time and time again and is one of their
best releases in quite a long time, it will thrill old fans and create lots of
new ones !