The nerdy hipster cover art and packaging from Neckbone Graphics
(www.neckbone.net) (please let that be a prom picture of Horse Noodles’
alter ego Horace Noonkowics on the inside and back) sets the tone for the
sly, trippy and off-center downtempo beats found within. Hoofbeats, that
is, as the disc opens with the self-referential “A Certain Mister Horse
Noodles” and “Special Agent Noodles Reporting for Duty.” One of the best
cuts on the album (also featuring on the LunaticWorks sampler “ Vol 3:
Loaded Music For Loaded Minds” also reviewed here) is up next, the lushly
fun “Rudy’s Got The Number.” That’s the first of three tracks that don’t
explicity mention a horse, until we’re treated to the mad howlings on “The
Day The Horse Stood Still.” Twisted jazzy numbers like “Wanda’s Beauty
Secrets” follow and then still more equine themes pop up, “Trick Or
Treating With Horse Noodles” a jungly number with “yeehaw” accents and
“Some Lone Ranger Noodles," another freaky little number that has you
wondering just what the hell Kemo Sabe *really* means.
Appropriately enough, the album closes with “Noodles, Rolexes and Fast
Women” probably the dim remnants of a very naughty dream indeed. Listening
to the undeniable swing amidst all the electronic game-playing on this last
cut that recapitulates the whole album just about perfectly, we really have
to hope that this isn’t just a one-off joke and that there’s another
plateful of horse noodles out there, just waiting to be slurped.
