{"product_id":"in-bath-of-bacon","title":"In Bath of Bacon","description":"A true style chameleon, the Jazz Butcher is a hard act to categorize -- and nowhere more so than on this album, which is primarily a one-man effort with help from assorted sidemen. The songs here are embryonic forays into styles he would explore more confidently on subsequent albums. The title track is a punky blues number complete with squealing Elvis Costello-style organ. \"Poisoned by Food\" and \"Sex Engine Thing\" are thin, raw, folk-pop influenced numbers with an irresistibly nervous beat; the former paraphrases Steppenwolf's \"Born to Be Wild,\" while the latter snitches Jonathan Richman's \"Bye-bye\" line from \"Roadrunner.\" The musical feel of that Modern Lovers song is also evoked in a jazzy way on \"Jazz Butcher Theme.\" \"Partytime\" is best described as cocktail folk. \"La Mer\" is a faux French folk song with surreal lyrics about elephants. Clever, unusual accompaniments are put forth in \"Chinatown\" (flutes, glockenspiel, click track) and \"Grey Flanellette\" [sic] (glockenspiels, bass, organ, sandpaper blocks, click track). The songs have unusual, improvisatory nonsense lyrics that veer from the obscure to the semi-clever. The sound and playing have a homemade quality that sometimes crosses the line into sloppiness. This is a strange yet intriguing record. ~ David Cleary","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47196339798303,"sku":"809236146113","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/54c7b13a8e32708f6bcc328529c6e380.jpg?v=1777700892","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/in-bath-of-bacon","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}