WHERE'S OFFICER TUBA

This EP was put out as a companion album to Thinking Fellers Union Local 282's excellent album "Mother of All Saints", both of which were released in 1992. Since the band woefully hasn't put out any albums since 2001, "Where's Officer Tuba" was an exciting find for me, and since it wasn't noted in the archives yet, I took the freedom to add it in here hoping to brighten someone else's day. For those that are familiar with this band, the RIO/Avant Prog designation is spot on and that is also the case with this EP.

There is only one proper song taken from the "Mother of All Saints" album, but it is the (a-hem) 7" single version of "Outhouse of the Pyreeeee". This odd song feels really strange to think of as a single of any kind, and this version doesn't really wash out any of the RIO sound from the original at all. Other than this, the tracks that have similar titles to tracks on "Mother of All Saints" (4 tracks) are actually instrumental versions, but the music is still enjoyable and (yes) even odd without vocals. The other three tracks are new tracks.

Even if you already own "Mother of All Saints", this EP is still a must have as it continues on with the wild, dissonant and wacky style of the album. If you don't own it and happen to run into it accidentally like I did, you should get it anyway, especially if you are into crazy avant-garde music. It is a bit noisy, but not in an irritating way, unless you are absolutely anti-pan-head style. If you tend to like only music that centers around the safe and sane progressive styles, then this probably isn't for you. However, if you are adventurous, and you still don't know about this band, then you have something new to explore.

Oh yeah, it's a great EP and now it's finally added to the Archives. I wonder what other wonders are out there that I don't know about?