★★★★★
Sound: Released recently (not sure the actual date, I received it through a preorder with their site and got it early, & signed) this is the 11th studio album from the Worms. They are a Canadian band, mainly classified as folk, but could also be classified as blues, funk, rock or jazz; they're so diverse. The main band is composed of Chris, Trevor & Mike, and they are kind of accapella, but Mike plays accoustic in most songs and occasionally Chris will pick up a bass...
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2009-11-15
★★★★★
The Arrogant Worms are hilarious and can pull it off. On Idiot Road they offer plenty of advice for everyone -- be it for new fathers ("Baby Poo"), little girls who adore their "Boy Band," or drivers who believe the world revolves around their car ("Idiot Road). The album closes with the wonderfully quirky "Mrs. Catto Loves Her Budgie." So watch out -- the best hooks on this album contain the nastiest messages.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Russell's Shorts was a good follow-up to the debut of the Arrogant Worms. With "Carrot Juice Is Murder" and "Rippy the Gator," it produced two of the group's classics, which are always heavily requested by the audience at live performances. The only weakness is however the somewhat inconsistent production, mixing the studio tracks with live recordings...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
C'est Cheese, the third studio album of the Arrogant Worms, kept delivering fresh ideas for their biting satire. The band makes fun of the over-rational scientist who takes himself much too serious ("Lonely Lab of Broken Hearts"), the aging and super-rich rock star ("Sex, Drugs and RRSP's," containing the hilarious slogan "rock & roll and real estate will never die"), or the Canadian police ("The Mountie Song," mocking "my horse couldn't catch up with a golfing cart")...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27