Customer Reviews

I Have Hands

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This is a quirky collection of tracks that are full of samples from all sorts of vintage sources. The result is catchy, eclectic, and upbeat. I find it a nice change of pace, and the rhythms created using samples is impressive.

This album is weird...and in such a good way. I've probably listened to it in it's entirety 30+ times. I rank Bran Flakes right up there with Girl Talk in terms of technical skill. Some people seem to have issues with the quirkiness of the music but it was my favorite album of 2009. Even for the casual listener, please listen to You Can Do Most Anything at the very least. Suicide has never been more fun!

One of the best ways to describe this album would be the following: Willy Wonka takes a 100-year-long descent into pop commercial Hell and comes back to record an album about it.

This is a very, very upbeat album that is pretty darn subversive at times. One of my favorite songs on it is "You Can Do Most Anything" which seems to be a happy, sing-song tune about how easy it is to kill yourself. Sung by voices stretched to resemble children singing. It's amazing.

Of course, some songs are better than others on here (I can't stand "Van Pop," for example), but the album still deserves five stars because of how utterly original it is, plus how distinctive. I would never mistake another artist's song for a Bran Flakes song.

Album highlights:

- You Can Do Most Anything
- Stumble Out of Bed
- Marchy March
- Rodeo Butterfly

It's seriously worth a listen, if only for how crazy it is. I usually listen to this album when I clean my apartment. It gets my energy up, if nothing else. :-D