BIG ELECTRIC EYE
Sometimes, albeit erroneously, described as a cross between Motörhead and Haysi Fantayzee, Ænemia Report dreams of a world in which multicolor mushroom spores drift effortlessly on rootbeer-scented breezes high above a landscape sprinkled with tiny purple elephants. The Chicago-based octet – whose members delight in tortured sentence structure – released its ode to everything: Big Electric Eye in October 2022.
This seven song EP from the creators of “March of the Mopheads” rocks with all the pent-up fury of a booted 1982 Caprice Classic. The record’s title track and six should-have-been-favorites explore the vagaries of life in the modern era through the sardonic and sometimes wicked, often guileful, but always uproarious lens of impropriety and imbecility that long-time fans have come to know and love.
Their secrets have proven not difficult to keep.
Four bonus tracks offer reimagined versions of original material from the band’s ground-breaking initial cassette-only 1986 release “Mom and Dad Went to Enema Resort and All I Got Was this Stupid Tape,” 2020’s comeback LP “Hate Jug,” and a remixed version of the instant classic “Time to Riot” – just in time for 1984’s return (again).
You have been warned.
Released October 31, 2022
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Ænemia Report is, and has always been, an artful assemblage of close friends, alter egos, flights of fancy, and sundry Saturday morning cartoons – most of whom have lived the “No regrets, no remorse” motto better than you or I. Lister “Big Money” Pew, Durak Polezny, Salvador Nakov, Ian Orange, Dirtbag, Hambone the Magnificent, Famous Max (aka “Max Millions”), and Tina Marie all take part of the blame and claim part of the glory. Well done, compatriots.
All songs are copyright 2022. Ænemia Report is really just Enema Resort with a couple of unfortunate typos. These songs were written and performed under the influence and watchful eye of Big Tech, Big Money, and Big Pharma.
All of the good stuff here is dedicated to Big Grub, who carried more than his share. I wish he was here to listen. He would’ve gotten a kick out of it. The rest of it – the mistakes, incompetencies, irrelevance, and complete idiocy – can’t be blamed on anyone but ourselves, and we take full credit. Many, many thanks to Scot, who lit the fire for this delightful experiment and continues to expertly stoke the flames.
Studio horns composed and performed by the True Horns of Liberty, recorded remotely from solitary confinement. Upon reflection, perhaps that was a bad idea.
Mastered at Saff Mastering, Chicago, IL.
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