The Peculiar Pretzelmen November 10, 2010

ladyjdallas

This description is a strange derived quote from the following:
"The all-encompassing term antifolk has come to embody acoustic (or sometimes electric) non-folk, non-rock which is rock that isn't pop, at least in the conventional sense, because of what it isn't. Antifolk doesn't do justice to the sonic attack that is The Peculiar Pretzelmen but to define what they are not, when what they are is another story. Picture what could be described as double-barreled folk music with a pitch-black playfulness and highly unusual instrumentation, consisting of banjo/mandocello/ukulele, baritone sax, and percussion that is less drum kit, and more spoils of an old man's work bench. To witness The Peculiar Pretzelmen in a live setting, you'll find their peculiar brew equal parts barn-burning gospel revival and punk rock (read: more Screamin' Jay Hawkins than Johnny Rotten), with a spirit both terrifying and simultaneously life-affirming, the yin to the yang of a carnival spookhouse someplace miles away from nowhere you've ever been."

And this:
"The outfit exists as anything between a two to a ten piece band pounding away at every type of tablescrap instrumentation they can cobble together."

ON TOUR NOW: Destroy All Rational Thought
with M. Incroyable & the Deacon.