catalogue

DEAD MILKMEN, THE

WELCOME TO THE END OF THE WORLD (THE GIVING GROOVE)

DEAD MILKMEN, THE - WELCOME TO THE END OF THE WORLD 150353
format:
1 12"
release:
11.02.2022
label:
THE GIVING GROOVE
item ID:
150353
barcode:
0760137825517
Welcome to the End of the World delivers the Dead Milkmen's trademark twisted humor along with some underlying dark elements.

Welcome to the End of the World delivers the Dead Milkmen's trademark twisted humor along with some underlying dark elements that will creep in to your consciousness if you pay close enough attention.

The six tracks run the gamut of weird and wild--from the heavy, Ramones-influenced lead single "Only the Dead Get Off at Kymlinge," a ghost story about the haunted trains terrorizing passengers on the Stockholm Metro; to "Battery-Powered Rat," a jangly instrumental about two popes, a chess game, and a rat at the Vatican.

("Battery-Powered Rat is one of the weirdest things we've ever done," says drummer Dean Clean.) Musically, the band draws on industrial influences, with a strong beat-driven aesthetic.

"It's a pretty good representation of the different styles of things that we do," Dean Clean explains.

"It's got some sort of heavy stuff and some groovy, almost dance-oriented stuff--which is fun to say."
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. ONLY THE DEAD GET OFF AT KYMLINGE
  • 1.2. THE BRUTALIST BEAT
  • 1.3. BATTERY POWERED RAT
  • 1.4. WELCOME TO THE END OF THE WORLD
  • 1.5. THE COAST IS NOT CLEAR
  • 1.6. TOMORROW SHOULD'VE BEEN HERE YEARS AGO