SURFIN' USSR

One of the greatest discoveries I've made on these Archives. Farmers Market loves mixing all sorts of genres in a fusion framework to hilarious and excellent results, and this is shown here to maximum effect. Here they mix jazz, surf rock, Slavic folk music, and all sorts of other tidbits into a side splitting piece of strange, parodic, and wonderful music. They build off of parodies of the classics of surf rock and Bond themes - notably, of course, the two title tracks, and "Lodtschitze Mini Maritza", which has strings that clearly take off from "You Only Live Twice". The track titles often belie the funny nature of the music, with gems such as "One Day, Son, All I Own Will Still Belong To The State" and "Anyone Who Remembers Vladiwoodstock Wasn't There". The sound revolves from folky to jazzy to rocking all in a single track. Very energetic, too. And all brilliantly played. Just one of the greatest albums of all time, this is a spectacular and humourous romp I recommend to everyone. Serf's up!