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The Ululating Mummies — Sacred Snack
(Planetary 6001, 1995, CD)

by Rob Walker, Published 1997-05-01

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The Ululating Mummies use a mixture of guitar, mandolin, accordion, piano, saxophone, bass, and drums to create an eclectic blend of European and American folk musics, tinged with traces of rock and flavored with a bit of vocal absurdism. The better parts of this album actually sound very similar to the band Hypnotic Clambake (see review in this issue's Live Notes column). Many of the 20 short pieces on Sacred Snack are instrumental; the remainder feature bizarre and humorous lyrics or ridiculously incongruous spoken commentary. The songs range from Irish ballads to bluegrass romps to Appalachian melodies to eastern European dances. A good-natured eccentricity pervades the album, and the music is approached at different times with both sincerity and irreverence. In all, Sacred Snack makes for an odd but fun listen, with its absurdist humor balanced by some good upbeat and folky instrumental pieces. Those into progressive weirdness will probably enjoy this one a lot.

Filed under: Archives, Issue 12, 1995 releases

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