PINK and BROWN - Shame Fantasy II

JASON KENDALL:

If a sitcom were ever created featuring some of the best and brightest of the noisy rock genre of the last 10 years (LB, Boredoms, Locust, Melt Banana, AOR etc) Pink and Brown would be the late arriving often drunk oblivious butt of joke neighbor/building super. But in they're fumbling unpretentious way they stumble upon something all too missing from most outfits, a sense of fun. Yep, I said fun. The kind of sloppy, discordant fun that you have when you don't care who's looking while you pee on the lawn and wrestle your drunk friends in it.

I've never been a Pink & Brown fan, never really got my head around em'. In preparing to review this I must have listened to the cd about 20 times. The first 5 I had to make happen. The next 5 went a little smoother, and so on till this morning I woke up with the opening salvo to Black Pearl (track 1) slamming around my brainpan. Its quite a loose piece of riffage, it lurches, bobs and weaves like a punch drunk prizefighter high on the groove. Its one of my faves on this posthumous anthology that clocks in at 22 songs compiling all of the recorded output by the not so prolific duo. Some of the recording quality differs (the first bunch of tracks are the most recent and best recorded in this reviewers opinion) but all have the signature stamp on them. Frantic bursts of guitar and the drums are always teetering on the edge of falling off the beat, vocals are overmodulated at times, tinny and undecipherable mostly. Some other tracks that have stuck with me include Messy Bessy Get Undressy, Sherriff Jessum, Je Suis Nasty ( this song opens with what could be a cop show theme then degenerates into enjoyable Scratch Acid type squall.) & Two Clicks Communicator. All in all its a hefty chunk of music and probably best sampled in shifts, but don't pass it by.. I'm glad I didn't.

R.I.P Pink & Brown.

Pink (man about town Mr. John Dwyer) can now be found in the Coachwhips and Brown (Mr. Jeff Rosenberg) can be seen in Young People... all good things come to an end but for these 2 maniacs the party continues.

RYAN:

Just wanted to add my 2 cents. I also was not a fan of this CD until a few listens. Now I love the shit. As Jason said, I believe this to be best listened to in 2 session. It feels too long or like too much of the same thing when listened to straight through. If you cut it in two it is rad.

Anyone know where the name Pink and Brown comes from? If so, tell me. My guess is that those are the colors of the RI flagship...Dunkin Donuts.