![]() ![]() It’s not all bad Chocolate Factory is everything I expected of it, in places, with ‘Golden Ticket’ being particularly Primus-esque – but the song is still very much defined by the strength of the original vocal. Chocolate Factory seems too forced, too twee, and lacking in substance, and not humorous enough to be the parody which it needs to be to engage the mature listener. Without a conspicuously humorous take on the material, this often causes the songs to fall a bit flat – especially in ‘Pure Imagination’. It just seemed like the perfect project to take on, in part because those tunes are all so strong.” This is where the problem lies, though, because the songs are so strong, well-written and showy (in a Broadway sense), that the vocal melodies and the characters are conjured up in your mind, even when they aren’t in the songs the way Primus perform them. Les Claypool says: “The whole Wonka thing was a massive part of my childhood. When you boil it down, though, it’s also, mostly, a collection of happy-go-lucky songs, played in an intense, dark, discordant, stripped-down style – and this dichotomy is a bit much. ![]() There are various bits of percussion, strings, synth and other random instruments which balance out the sound, thickening it up and giving it a bit more character. There is much less slap bass, less franticness, and less of Les, though.Īlong for the (Wondrous Boat) Ride are the Fungi Ensemble (members of one of Claypool’s innumerable side-projects, Frog Brigade). The original line-up is back together, and this album certainly does contain all the elements that the band are renowned for – virtuoso bass playing minimalist, off-kilter, atonal guitar work and slamming, tom-heavy, tight-as-you-like-it drums. Primus & the Chocolate Factory is more-or-less a track-for-track re-make of the soundtrack of the 1971 film, starring Gene Wilder – but in the style of Primus. Today, the Candyman has brought me both of these at once. ![]() Occasionally I get something to review which I really don’t connect with. Hello, Wonkites! Occasionally I get to review a new release from a band that I really like. ![]()
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