ANIMALS SHOULD NOT TRY TO ACT LIKE PEOPLE

I was very excited to hear in 2003 that one of my favorite bands is reuniting and with it's original line up too, which I consider as their best. Tim Alexander was back after 8 years of not recording with the band, things were looking good and I thought an album is on it's way, so I waited and waited but it never happened. Aside from Green Naugahyde which came out last year this EP is the only recording by Primus since 1999, along with this came out their first DVD which carries the same title name.

The music on this EP is quite different than anything we have heard by the band, it is still Primus with their distinct style and sound but it is more psychedelic and less quirky than before. Everybody is in great shape and the playing is like I expected it to be, amazing! though this is not the best Primus material ever it is still good and worth checking out if you are already a fan. This EP contains 5 songs, everyone of them featuring Les Claypool's imaginative and stellar bass work in addition to his totally weird singing and tone, I love this dude. Larry Lalonde is as quirky as always fitting to the music like a glove, he manages to be interesting and delivers some cool passages and all kinds of runs and solos, never standing in the way of the mighty bass. Tim Alexander is more eclectic than before but it's not his best work with the band.

'The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride' starts out very good with one of the coolest bass riffs played by Claypool, it then continues on and sounds like something out of Pork Soda with it's weird guitar line. If you missed Lalonde's psychedelic solos a la Frizzled Fry, you can have another taste here with a great trippy solo, very good song overall with fantastic bass throughout. 'Pilcher's Squad' is a 2 minute song which at first I thought was just a throw away but after a few listens I began to like it more with it's fast and weird rhythm, I especially like the part when Les is going "Go Ler" and Lalonde transform himslef into Fripp just to nail you with a 5 seconds of dissonant heaven run, followed by "Thanks Ler..." it always cracks me up. 'Mary the Ice Cube' was the band's official website opening tune, with that cute bass line. Cool song with silly lyrics about an ice cube gone to oblivion. 'The Last Superpower aka Rapscallion' holds another groovy bass riff and goes to a different direction half way through which takes the song to a more progy psychy realm. 'My Friend Fats' has a steady beat led by Alexander, he is really good here although he keeps the beat pretty straight forward, excellent performance by the two other members, as they keep the psychedelic playing going on, Lalonde is fantastic reminding me a lot of Fripp with his dissonant and unusual solos also goes for Claypool which is a master no doubt about it.

I wouldn't say this is the best place to start with but it's definitely worth checking out, this EP was followed with an 8 years of silence by the band as they all went for other projects, I'm glad they are back now and hope they are here to stay a little longer.