This is more Casio-inspired music. It doesn’t suck like She Wants Revenge does, although it does have that 1990s style of synths and cheerfulness. You almost feel cheated that the lyrics are in English. Well, some of them are in German, but not enough are. There is a legitimate risk of Shitty Beatles Syndrome here, but for the most part, Mistress Stephanie uses her melodic cat to stay out of trouble.
One of the kookier things is how short the songs are. It’s almost as if the album is saying “Fuck you, I am not a dance album!” That’s got to be it. “Too Hard” makes me want to dance a tango, but the song is less than three minutes long. Still, I can picture Morticia and Gomez Addams dancing at the old folks home to this ditty.
“Heaven” is a slice of just that. John Forster would approve of this song. “Awfully Confusing” takes the best of Berlin and turns into a song. Really these guys should just focus on the synthy stuff. There’s no way you can appreciate this music unless you’re wearing leather pants anyway, so why waste time with the irrelevant goofiness?
“Johnny Gewurztraminer” goes in yet another direction, but it is not so bad. I can picture New Pornographers doing something like this when Neko Case is in a guesting mood. I’d never call it a punk rock song, but it’s something punk fans can appreciate.
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