The 1981 Listening Post - Renaldo and the Loaf - Songs for Swinging Larvae

 Renaldo and the Loaf - Songs for Swinging Larvae

#28

January 1981

Renaldo and the Loaf

Songs for Swinging Larvae

Genre: The Residents

1.5 out of 5

How is this not The Residents? Certainly nothing The Residents have ever said can be trusted, they are the Fake News of music.

There’s no secret who the lead singer is and Homer Flynn won’t admit it. The chief writer, Hardy Fox, didn’t acknowledge his contribution until just near his death.

So here is a “band” signed to Ralph Records and sounds exactly like the band that created that label.

But without the incessant percussiveness that pervaded albums like Eskimo or the mashup musical deconstruction of Third Reich N Roll what it comes closest to is the minimalism of Commercial Album. But at least that record, despite the conceit that it was pop music without ever a need to repeat a verse or even utilize a bridge, was funny and, dare I say, listenable. 

Except for “Spratt’s Medium” but I can’t tell if it’s good or I was just over exposed to it via Residents’ media. 

This is like outtakes from Duck Stab. Or Fingerprints. It’s chore to get through. Experimentation for the sake of. 

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