Fergus & Geronimo are out of the garage rock mecca (seemingly) Denton, TX. They released their debut LP, Unlearn, in 2011 and for some reason it got lumped into a folk-rock type category, but it's really a pretty diverse collection of songs. For the latest release, Funky Was The State of Affairs, the now Brooklyn band takes that recipe of diversity,
throws it in a blender, completely pulverizes it, and comes out with a strange and catchy album that not only crosses over genres of punk, garage, 80s, and electronic, but sounds like it was an absolute blast to record. It reaches a point of where you might wonder if they're serious, but the quality of the tunes will set you straight besides the content or formatting. There's a clear taste of what I'm referring to in the two highlight tracks featured above. The record includes a number of curious interludes between songs, which can typically be annoying or out of place on some releases, but in Funky it works nicely and just adds to the overall randomness of the album. The record was released on August 7 from Hardly Art Records (buy) and is definitely one of the most interesting listens of the year that's worthy of your attention...even if it's at least once. They're currently wrapping up a short tour with Jaill that didn't see any west coast dates so let's hope they schedule some of those soon. Get a dose of the humor and craziness in the video for one of the punkier tunes on the record.
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