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Mumpsy: Sings Those Golden Hits from the Misfits
Mumpsy: Sings Those Golden Hits from the Misfits | |
| Desc: | CD REVIEW: ARTIST: Mumpsy |
| Label: | Post*Records |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | CD |
| Genre: | Recording |
It doesn’t take a lot of courage or ingenuity to cover the Misfits – if you’re a punk rock band, that is. But seeing how Orlando pop mainstays Mumpsy are not a punk band, the quirky idea of Jeff Ilgenfritz and company taking on a baker’s dozen of tunes from Glenn Danzig and company is intriguing. Thankfully, the joke is dispensed with after the title is read, and the fuzz-bass-driven attack is remarkably effective and straightforward. No, Mumpsy hasn’t turned into a demonic hardcore outfit, but by splitting the difference between their normal pop tendencies and the comic-book grotesqueries of the Misfits, the group draws out the ’50s rock & roll influences that Danzig buried in corpse-paint. Rocking through well-known cuts like “Where Eagles Dare” and “Teenagers From Mars” along with less worn-out numbers like “Return of the Fly” and “We Are 138,” Ilgenfritz (or someone in Mumpsy) evinces a true love for the greatness of this over-referenced and under-appreciated band.