Reviews

It's not easy to be in a punk band with keyboards and not sound like a group of whiny little bitches. Purists will claim there's no place for it, but a good amount of them are either living in the past or the gutter, refusing change. Well here's a newsflash for you Mr. Rotten, change CAN be good. There will never be another Minor Threat or Dead Kennedys, so lighten the fuck up.

With that premise in mind, take a wild guess as to what former Dead Milkmen and current Low Budgets co-vocalist Joe Jack Talcum plays? That's right...the motherfucking oboe. No wait...maybe it's the didgeridoo. Ok, you got me...Joe Jack actually tickles his organ and who knew organ grinding could sound so wonderful?

Leave Us A Loan is The Low Budgets' third album and possibly the most light hearted thing I've heard all year. While so many U.S. Americans are crying about the government and that war going on, such as in the Eye-rack and South Africa, this fearless Philly foursome have bigger issues to deal with. I mean shit, someone has to sing about pizza, fat cops and the craft fair right? Life ain't that much of a downer. We still need to party and drink beer (even you straight edge kids). The Low Budgets are simply supplying the soundtrack for your inebriated spills down the stairs. Otherwise, the terrorists have won.

As for the music, think of a low-fi orgy involving Devo's tight ass, The Descendents' long tally wacker and Rancid's abused fallopian fun box. The songs are short, somewhat sloppy, and totally laid back. The next time you're at a bar shaking your rump and trying to get laid, you'll wish The Budgets were in the jukebox because it would no doubt seal the deal. I have no idea what any of that means.