Moldy Peaches - Music (Moldy Peaches)

The Moldy Peaches' Adam Green and Kimya Dawson are the scourge of shoe-gazer's everywhere: extrovert indie rock chameleons who channel their awkward social skills into a scatological satire that dwells on botulism, wannabe boyfriends, Internet porn and street drugs. Their wry debut album, Moldy Peaches, is so lo-fi it sounds like a genuine bedroom production (at one point you can even hear a telephone ringing in the background). The record absent-mindedly skips genres the way kids click TV channels, from fragile acoustic folk and savant hip-hop to amplified garage punk sing-a-longs and back again. Backed by a whisper of guitar, recorder and off-key backing vocals, "Nothing Came Out"--Kimya's confessional about an unrequited love--is almost touching--almost. Until she gets to the cutting punchline: "And besides, you're probably holding hands with some skinny, pretty girl that likes to talk about bands." There's the debased blues-rock stomp of "Downloading Porn with Davo", while "Steak for Chicken" is a calculatingly inept duet featuring two different sets of lyrics sung simultaneously. Full of outrageous throw-away lyrics (like Adam's "Who mistook the crap for genius/Who is going to stroke my penis") that demand repeat listens, the Moldy Peaches smell like a cult band in the making. --Chris Campion

Customer Reviews of Moldy Peaches

Mr. Cj Rowley

3rd September 2006

On its own and all alone.
This album is excellent and even lower than low-fi. More like ultra low-fi, which is the way I like it.

One play its good, two plays very good and three plays excellent.

So far this ais a sparse review but to end it I will say two things.

Firstly when Beck was good he wrote like this. But this is more sing along.

Secondly when I walk through White City in London (Which is a dump) I play this on my portable music machine and it makes me smile.

What the heck, I said two final things. Well heres three, what other album has the lyric "Im just your average Thundercats Hoe"

hairyfoot

6th June 2005

Who's Got The Crack?!
Quite simply - amazing. After about three plays of the album I had learnt lyrics off by heart and was screaming along with Kimya and Adam.
'Downloading Porn With Davo' is briliant. From the opening riffs you just have to dance along, and then you here the lyrics - 'paid a seven year old hooker to make out with me' is just a taster of the crude lyrics that continue throughout the song and they only add to the song's brilliance.
'Jorge Regula' is a tender offering from the Peaches and is perfect to sing along to with your mates.
The stand-out track from this album, in my opinion, has to be 'Who's Got The Crack'. Don't be fooled by it's rather quiet opening, after a couple of verses - including the rather bizarre 'I am a goat/in a moat/with a boat' - it soon descends into an insane sing-along involving the whole band and some mad drum playing!
People! Buy this album! You will not regret it when months from now when you realise that you want to be a hippy, but you've forgotten how to love...

Peter Carter
Bath
25th March 2003

Wonderful lo-fi
I had friends before I bought this album, now I have none. They all left after a few months of me running around place screaming 'I'm just your average Thundercats Ho' and 'We hate dance and we hate rap/but we like to contradict ourselves/that's a rap'. Actually, that's not true at all, but it wouldn't be a bad trade-off.

The fact is, despite, or more likely because of, its terrible production values, this album is listenable, fun, funny and at times moving. From the heady beginnings of 'Lucky No.9' through the tragicomic 'Nothing Comes Out' and the wonderful bad-taste of 'Who's Got the Crack', Kimya and Dawson demonstrate that rarest of all things -- a willingness to try something new.

The style of this album is characterised as anti-folk, but in fact the duo show a suprising willingness to dabble in any and all possible styles. There seems to have been some really enjoyment had in the recording of this record, and that really shows through. Though it's not musically flawless, or even musically accomplished, there isn't one point in this album where that matters. The fact is, this band have created a new sound that's as important and unique as and band before them. For that reason alone, this albums is worth buying.

H J Williams
Guildford, Surrey United Kingdom
15th June 2002

Difficult review
This is a very difficult album to review. The first time I listened to it I thought it was very raw and most of the people I played it to did not like it. However I am listening to the album now and I think there is something very special about it. I guess this is partly becuase I have since seen them live and they were excellent. I am not going to say definately buy this album, but I would recommend seeing them live, and i think if you do that you will want the album.

20th October 2001

...And if you thought the cd was great...
The Moldy Peaches are a great band. Listen for yourself. And the amazing thing is they sound great live! They played with the Strokes in San Francisco and they did not play acoustic, as is on some of the songs on the cd. The opening track, "Lucky Number Nine" sounded great live, and electric. Their music is entertaining, and they dress up very strange--I love them. They played a song that is not included on the album that was hilarious, it talked about, "You gotta have rain..to have a rainbow." Very reminiscent of "Who's Got The Crack?" Please check them out for yourself. Just imagine The Pixies "Surfer Rosa" released as a demo. This band is original.