Now this Holiday offering comes from an eccentric New York art-collective known as Zorro Zero & The Warlocks. They started out in the late 90's in a more punky vein (i.e. thirty-second guitar-based outbursts about Pathmark, V-8 and Weebles). Zorro Zero is the cult leader/lead singer. And the Warlocks are Denver Gillette and Groove Champion, who both handle the production/music end of things.
This release is a would-be traditional Christmas album, except it's creepy, tripped-out and the vocals border on satire. "Sleigh Ride" features left-field outbursts from "cult leader" Zorro Zero like "let's bang a pigeon", "All I Want For Christmas Is You", sung but Denver Gillette, sounds like Axl Rose in a karaoke bar, and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" is sung a tad too excitedly by Groove Champion. There are deep shades of homo-eroticism to spare in "Christmas Wrapping" (the Waitresses cover) and "Baby It's Cold Outside". There are three tracks of banter from the band members to coax the listener even further into Holiday cheer. Kudos for the sped-up bridge in "Marshmallow World" and the crazy Nintendo-esque music in "Let It Snow".
If you can find this unusual Christmas album, by all means, pick it up.
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