Aunt Sally's "Aunt Sally"

Artist: Aunt Sally (Japan)
Album: Aunt Sally

I don't know if I've been dreading this review or looking forward to it..
I know a bit about Aunt Sally. I've heard a little of their work. It's weird. So, I know what I'm getting into by reviewing this.
Basically, they were a Japanese punk band in the late 70s. Anyhoo, let's start the review.

Track one is Aunt Sally. Aunt Sally's track "Aunt Sally" from the album Aunt Sally. Wow.
Well, it starts off normal, I guess. Um, now it just sounds like random stabs on the guitar. It's kind of painful to listen to, actually. And here is Phew on vocals. God, she is just awful. But, that's to be expected.
Is this even music? I can't tell you how confused I am right now. My god, it's 6 and a half minutes, too. Is it like this throughout the whole song?!... To be honest, I don't really get it.

Kagami begins with someone who is very bad at whistling... Then it goes into this cheery little tune, where Phew begins singing, "Dododo da dododo da dododo da doo dah". I kind of like it. Am I insane?

Sameta Kajiba De deems a hell of a lot darker than the last track. It feels very surreal. Again, I really like this one. I just don't know what the hell was up with that first track. Maybe I should have given Aunt Sally a second chance all this time. See, I heard the first track a long while back and fled, never to return. Now, I'm back to them. And I like it. I... like... it?

The fourth track, Hi Ga Kuchite really shows us how terrible of a vocalist Phew is. Really, the girl can't sing. But, that just makes it creepy and unique. I guess.
Um. So that was strange. Next track.

Subete Urimono starts with massive amounts of bass, funky keyboards and frantic singing. I actually don't know if I like it or hate it. I'm leaning towards "love it". Especially when they just start spouting nonsense at the halfway mark. To say the least, this is one to remember.

After such a chaotic track, they probably are going to follow up with something a bit slower? Well, I guess Essay is slower. It's really just odd. And hey, there are those keyboards again. I like those. Keep those in your songs, Aunt Sally.
The keyboards in the background kind of sounds like the skating level in California Games for the Sega Genesis...

I Was Chosen is all in English (I think?). Christ, I can't understand a word, haha!
I really like it. Like After Dinner, this must be brain wash.
Actually, if you like After Dinner, I would give Aunt Sally a try. They fall into the same category of "this is so fucking weird, what am I listening to".

Uh-huh. Tenki sounds like it will make some sense? Please do, I'm so confused right now.
Really, it is the most contemporary of the whole record so far. Of course, it's only 48 seconds of normal until the next track.

I wonder why all their songs are so damn short? Well, here's Frank Ni. I'm getting the feeling that their guitarist doesn't even know how to play his damn instrument. Not to mention Phew sounds like she's hiccuping every couple seconds.
I'm painting a bad picture. It's not necessary terrible or anything, it's just... I don't understand most of it. It's so odd that my mind can't handle it, I guess.

Speaking of confusion, here's Muyu no Shounen. It's just random guitar sounds with Phew singing very lowly for a minute.

Alrighty, the last track is Lorelei. Somehow her voice is worse in this track than the others. She's slurring, for Christ's sake!...
Sigh. My mind is blown.

3 out of 5.
I enjoyed listening to it, definitely. I'd recommend it just because you'll never hear anything like it. I can't say it's necessarily good music, but it's really interesting. A punk fan would probably be very interested in this album, I think.