Shishimumu [Import]

Phantom Buffalo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Rough Trade
• ASIN: B00062P5LQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #470,645 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Golden Finish

2. Silverfish

3. A Hilly Town

4. Wilamera

5. Domestic Pet Growing Seeds

6. Anywhere With Oxygen

7. Parasidic Wedding Vours

8. Missing Parachute

9. Distracting Salamander

10. Ask Your Grandmother

11. Cheer Up My Mam

12. Catfish

13. Wimp Sauffi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strange and beautiful, April 4, 2005

By 

Scott Richardson (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Shishimumu (Audio CD)

The debut album from Phantom Buffalo (formerly The Ponys...but not _that_ The Ponys) is a gorgeous, surreal pop masterpiece. Jon Balzano-Brookes (who was Johnny Bravo back in the days when I knew him as a mere lad) has a voice of shimmering lysergic beauty. From the epic opening song "Golden Finish" to the Turtles ode of "Cheer Up My Man," ShiShiMuMu is a multifaceted, Daliesque delight. Strap it on and float away.

Oh, and you can get it (on both CD and VINYL) directly from their American label Time Lag Records.

5.0 out of 5 stars This album is one of my favorites, September 25, 2007

By 

Steve Zissou "interested party" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shishimumu (Audio CD)

Shishimumu is an album that I never get tired of listening to. It pumps me up and makes me feel happy every time I listen to it. Phantom Buffalo is from my town and I've loved them for years. I'm surprised they aren't more well-known by now. Their songs are amazing!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phantom Power, June 21, 2005

By 

altmalta "www.alternativemalta.com" (Malta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shishimumu (Audio CD)

source: www.alternativemalta.com

I have just experienced an aural orgasm. It was messy, waxy and utterly wonderful. Usually these happen in the summer months when thoroughly excellent albums start making an appearance but this one was early, and thank goodness for that. A change of pace can be very healthy.

The band in question are Portland's `Phantom Buffalo (formerly The Ponys) and the album is Shishimumu (which was released a couple of years ago in the states).

The music is simply wonderful, uplifiting, joyous, exuberant and loads of other adjectives.

There is a heavy Byrds element in most of the songs, from the jangle (on almost all the tracks) to the use of pedal steel (`Anywhere With Oxygen'). This coupled with frontman Jonathan Balzano-Brookes Fran Healyesque vocals make this a special record indeed.

Oh and I didn't even mention the lyrics! Man, with lyrics such as:

"Wilamena, you're a bug crawling on my knee. It's not a metaphor I mean it quite literally" (`Wilamena')

or

"I saw pieces of his last meal on his shirt and shawl' (Distracting Salamander)"

I would proclaim this group to be the heirs to Seussian logic. Elsewhere there are kazoo solos and cowbells and songs about fleas. A feast for the ears.

By far my favourite track is Wimp Souffle'. With a sound that's as catchy as chicken pox, it shimmers with optimism and is an excellent song for any situation and time (yes I've tested it out).

What else can I saw about Phantom Buffalo other than the fact that `Shishimumu' is already one of my albums of 2005? No I'll leave at that.