Not among the first and not even among the best in Psychobilly, but certainly among the most genuine, straightforward, and credible. A German trio, when in Germany in those years (we're talking about the early 80s) there were only the P.O.X. doing this kind of music. A partnership with the great Mad Sin in the second half of the 80s after the classic Psyclops Carnival, this Round the World arrives. The album flows like a fairy tale, not as versatile as its predecessor, but it has many arrows in its quiver; starting with the opening track: A Psycho, which already from the title reaffirms their pride in belonging to the psycho scene, it is what psycho indeed is: Punk rock-horror-rockabilly and is a torrent of schizophrenia, almost as much as the British Skitzo, with whom they toured the year before in Europe. Laser Head, the second track, is a continuous stop and go, while Love to Drink, is what the title says, a Caribbean rhythm tainted with Hillbilly. For the rest of the album, there are several "repetitive" points, a common occurrence for almost every band of the genre. Zodiac Revolution is indeed anonymous, like Catch 22, which sounds like it's made by the Frantic Flinstones with little inspiration. Worth noting is Reach Out, dynamic enough, where it evokes in my head a cop getting beaten up, and especially Good to be true, where the palm muting with the Delay effect creates a gloomy but fun world. I close with the last track of the album: Twenty Flight Rock; a crazy doo-wop, as if they were the Neri per Caso of the Psycho scene. In summary, a band and an album to know, certainly not their greatest value (I hope to review other albums of the genre, which I really consider de Cristo), but for the clear difference from the Psychobilly from the late 90s to today... which I don't like at all, especially if called by the same name.
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