Sex Boyz – “Sex Boy” b/w “Forming” 7” (Ultra Eczema)
RECOMMENDED
This kind of record keeps things interesting. Sex Boyz, if we are to believe Ultra Eczema’s outrageous press organ, is a duo of two young male escorts dug in somewhere in Europe, who found the time to knock out a tribute to the alpha vector of punk in between blowjobs. I’m not sure what makes that detail relevant in the course of the music, unless we’re to infer that they, like the Germs before them at the time of recording their first single, had no real clue what they were doing. Lightning strikes twice, then – these covers of the two songs from that release are just as gleefully, woefully monged as the original, but in the dimension of electronics and samplers. Ineptitude wins the day, with an emotionless read reminiscent of the Flying Lizards covering James Brown’s “Sex Machine.” A glorious mess that you could listen to over and over, especially if you nail it down to the turntable. Ultra Eczema’s high price barrier here in America downgrades this monstrosity from “must-own” to “should consider,” but if you’re having any problems with that decision, know that the answer’s already been decided for you: 150 copies for the world. Act now (yesterday would have been better). (http://www.ultraeczema.com)
(Doug Mosurock)
