Santa Sprees / Sum Total Of Insolent Blank

Modern music feels like it is in reverse. There is a lot of it...probably way too much. Nearly all of it is very familiar. This was sent addressed to my old blog and I only played it because the description in the email was real funny but it turns out Sum Total Of Insolent Blank is going somewhere entirely of its own accord. It does not seem accountable to the present or many of the comforts of the past although that does not necessarily stop the X-meets-Y type descriptions that are the easiest way to mainline the core content of most reviews. A quick survey of links throws up the names Pere Ubu, Daniel Johnston, Sun Ra, The Residents but I think these could all be just a code for "strange" but equally grasp at trying to describe an album that is vast in its scope, invention and orginality and boasts a lyrical and musical wit that is funny, sad and poetic. It is over 90 minutes long...and kinda all over the map but very much one distinct thing at the same time....I wrote n told em it will be a hard sell....and they seemed to like that idea....and in a way that says everything about how you begin to make a record like this.