FNU RONNIES - SADDLE UP! (LOAD 138)

THERE IS NO LOAD 137. SO I REMEMBER FNU RONNIES FROM BACK IN THE DAYS WHERE MY BACKGROUND MINDFUZZ WAS WFMU. THEY WOULD PLAY A LOT OF TRASHY GARAGE 7" RECORDS OF THE DAY AND FNU RONNIES WAS JUST ONE BAND I PICKED UP ON. WAS REAL SURPRISED TO FIND THEY WERE ON LOAD BUT THEN THE FULL-LENGTH MADE A BIT MORE SENSE IN THAT CONTEXT.

WHILST FNU RONNIES ONLY DID THIS ALBUM AND THEIR MEMBERS HAVE DONE LITTLE SINCE, GUEST VOCALIST MEGAN REMY IS DOING PRETTY WELL FOR HERSELF THIS VERY WEEK AS THE NEW US GIRLS RECORD IS GETTING HIGHLY-RATED. I THINK IT KINDA STINKS TO BE HONEST AS I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS PART OF THIS PASS-AGG GARAGEBRO WORLD AND TO BE FRANK I AM A BIT NOSTALGIC FOR THIS TIME. FNU RONNIES REMIND ME A BIT OF COUNTRY TEASERS AND A HEAVIER THE NIGHTINGALES OR THE HOMOSEXUALS. NOT THAT IT SOUNDS BRITISH DESPITE ALL THOSE BRITISH BANDS NAMED. THEY JUST HAVE THAT APPROACH - A BIT COUNTRY, A BIT OFFENSIVE, A BIT PUNK.

I STILL REALLY LIKE THIS RECORD AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. 'VALLEY OF THE WASTOIDS' IS EVERYTHING I LIKE IN A GARAGE POP RECORD. SLIGHTLY PERFORMED UNDER DURESS, A BIT ROCK BUT ALSO A BIT WEIRDO: IT SOUNDS LIKE CHROME WERE REBORN IN ACID AND LIVED TO PLAY ONE LAST SONG. THERE ARE SOME LEGIT GUITAR HEROICS HERE THAT ROSE FNU ABOVE SOME OF THEIR CONTEMPORARIES LIKE PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT AND RANK/XEROX.

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