(2018) Evil Blizzard - The Worst Show On Earth

Review: 
Evil Blizzard and their Hawkwind-meets-PIL-and-Papa Lazarou-for-a-scuffle-in-the-car-park vibes were never going to please everyone. It seems unlikely, for instance, that the band will ever get played in the background as you wander around the supermarket or be piped gently into the dentist’s waiting area to sooth anxious patients. Yet for those that embrace the madness, the collective inspire a cult-like devotion. 
Think of them like The Grateful Dead except it’s six men from Preston wearing Halloween masks and outfits that include an overly tight glam-rock jumpsuit. They play bass-heavy punk-rock psychedelia and sing about sacrifice, whale bombs and slimy creatures. The Worst Show On Earth is their third studio album and manages to take their belligerent noise-rock rumble to the next level. 
The band’s sound still revolves around four bass players and a singing drummer yet this time they’ve introduced a few extra ingredients. Keyboard, cello, piano, samples and some impressively epic guitar all manage to make the cut, fleshing out the bands hypnotic carnival of noise. All of this helps to make The Worst Show On Earth the band’s most accomplished and satisfying record to date. 
We start with some superbly creepy piano and cello before diving quickly into the propulsive ‘Hello’. Singing drummer Side still sounds like John Lydon at his most fraught as the curtain raises and the freaks take to the stage. ‘Fast Forward Rewind’ stomps into view next; a noisy paean to cassettes that gleefully drags glam-rock, kicking and screaming through the sewer. 

The band play their cartoon-ish villain-like personas brilliantly but don’t let that fool you into thinking that they don’t mean business, The Worst Show On Earth might just be the best rock album you hear all year. If you haven’t been indoctrinated yet then this could prove to be the ideal starting point. In the words of the Evil Dead- join us. 

Tracklist: 
01 - Hello.flac 
02 - Fast Forward Rewind.flac 
03 - Unleash the Misery.flac 
04 - Those We Left Behind.flac 
05 - Like a God.flac 
06 - Tell Me.flac 
07 - Pull God from the Sky.flac 
08 - The Worst Show On Earth.flac 

Summary: 
Country: USA 
Genre: alternative rock, psychedelic rock