Moxy Fruvous
You Will Go To The Moon
Warner Music

	Is the glass half-full or half-empty?
	Is Moxy Fruvous's latest album boldly experimental or just weird?  Or
just self-indulgent?
	Every song is different, I'll give them that much.  How enjoyable they
are is another matter.  The atmospheric Sahara, marked by eerie strings,
would serve as background music in a potpourri-smelling craft boutique. 
The lead song, Michigan Militia, contains some biting satire on fascist
American militias ("Fighting for a blue-eyed Jesus/America first and the
rest get the pieces").  Musically, it combines banjo with rap, which is
unique if not pleasing.
	There's an infectious '60s-flavoured pop tune called Get In The Car,
which sounds distinctly early Beatles.  It's fun.  It makes you want to
turn it loud and buy a convertible.
	The magical mystery tour continues later with The Incredible Medicine
Show, a tribute to the Beatles' later psychedelic phase.
	Still on the '70s theme is a cover of the Bee Gees' I've Gotta Get A
Message To You, which is nothing but distressing; even with all the
topspin the Fruvoids give it, it still sounds like what it is: a
radio-weary, superannuated Bee Gees hit.
	This is the dim sum of albums.  If you're adventurous, take a chance. 
But don't eat anything too strange.
			-- Cam Fuller






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