***Welcome to the rock’n’roll manifestation of Eddie Murphy’s 1987 Raw concert. If you haven’t seen it or listened to it lately, it’s a remarkable, rapid-fire onslaught of hilarity that rages with new ideas and jokes that you hadn’t heard before at every turn, and Eddie never misses a beat. Enter Leisure Opportunity by PROTO IDIOT—né ANDREW ANDERSON, also of Manchester’s THE HIPSHAKES, and his pals CALLUM DARLEY (drums) and MICHAEL SEAL (bass). “If you like that, then you’ll love this” is the maniacal chant on “I’m An Artist.” Hear it enough and you’ll believe it! The Eddie Murphy parallels shouldn’t be too much of a stretch, but if it seems a bit obtuse, think Ray Davies with Attention Deficit Disorder. Better? Either way, Leisure Opportunity is no comedy album, per se, but it’s riddled with humor on both the musical and lyrical fronts. (STREET DATE - 11/03/2017)
LP $15.50
11/03/2017
CD $10.25
11/03/2017
***BACK IN STOCK!!! PROTO IDIOT (aka ANDREW from THE HIPSHAKES) delivers his debut solo LP Andrew Anderson. Amidst the Jack Oblivianesque funked-out dirt-blues groove and bedroom punk spazz-outs we have tracks here with dreamy back up vocals and "Village Green" worthy melodies making for a brilliant onslaught of pop beauty, combined with all the expletive chaos you've grown accustomed to with the Hipshakes prolific discography. What we have here is a goddamn perfect twelve-song LP of "fuck you you bloody cunt," but don't take it the wrong way... it's played in the nicest possible manner. Limited to 500 copies.
LP $15.50
11/18/2008