THE BRASH MENAGERIE Have Released A Two-Song e.p. Called ‘Sirens’ And Like The Name Implies, It’s A Lot of Unpleasant Noise

Genre: punk.

Location: Madison, WI-USA

The Chicago/Milwaukee punk scene is thriving. Unfortunately, it has begun to spread. In outlying town and cities, this musical syphilis is sprouting up and causing rashes, hair loss, and brain damage across a radius of hundreds of miles. You’d think that now that we have a President who isn’t afraid of science anymore that we could get this under control, but unfortunately he also has to be mentally competent. So it spreads, unchecked…to places like Madison, Wisconsin.

We find Madison playing host to a particular strain known as The Brash Menagerie. This band has actually been here awhile, and on the former site we gave them a shagging that they apparently loved, because they are back for more with a double feature of suck called ‘Sirens’

Two songs. Why two? I mean thank God, but why only two? Numerous theories abound, but I prefer facts over theories-and being acquainted with this band’s discography, I can state with absolute certainty that it’s because they suck and two is a hell of an effort for them. Let me explain:

The first track is called ‘What’s That Siren’ and it is phrased as a question because music this stupid has no answers. It’s loud, fast, and obnoxious-which are great features in a punk song and would elevate this to somewhat listenable if it weren’t lamer than a dead frog. But it is, so it doesn’t. Actually, I think I know what that siren is! It’s EMS coming to try and revive it, but unfortunately this song is so far gone, all the blood has pooled in its ass and the brain has experienced complete and total cellular death. The only way to give it any life now would be a necromancer. The problem there is, yes-necromancers specialize in turning the dead into living abominations. But even necromancers can look upon things so abominable that they wouldn’t dare to make it into even more of an abomination by resurrecting it. So, let’s just let dead abominations lie dead and move on.

“Clown suit” is the next track and frankly, I can’t think of a more appropriate name for a song this comically terrible.There is a horn braying over the top of it like a drunk stepdad and that would be bad enough, but what it’s braying over the top of is absolutely ridiculous. This song is a whole dysfunctional circus! This review started out for me as an exercise in writing and it has now turned into an exercise in enduring. I mean, what else can you do but endure when you are listening to the sonic equivalent of dragging coarse sandpaper across your taint and following that with a ghost pepper enema?

This e.p. Is two songs that come at you like a frat boy tag team: it dry humps your leg for two minutes, asks you if you came, and then leaves you feeling disappointed and needing to get tested. Come to think of it, it’s perfect for a college town like Madison-and a music scene that bears a lot in common with STD’s.

The Brash menagerie have several shows coming up. They will be playing August 19 at Music for the Masses, a fundraiser/memorial show for the Watertown HS music department; September 9 at Punks in the Park at Lake County Farm Park; September15 at the Willy St Fair pre party at The Wisco; and October 28 at the Great Northern Distilling Halloween Party.

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