Customer Reviews

Tantilla. House of Freaks

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Some friends and I went to see ex-Husker Du frontman Bob Mould in concert during the Workbook tour in 1989 in Munich, at a small place with crowd of maybe 200. Opening for him was a band none of us ever heard of, House of Freaks. Two guys? What the hell? Their set (most of Tantilla) blew everyone away, really amazing. I (and probably a lot of others in the crowd) went out and bought the record, and it is hell of a record.

I purchased this album back in '89 and listened to it again recently. Good mix of songs with a definite Southern bias to the lyrics. Good song writing and composition. Hammer and White Folks are my two favorite songs that pick up steam as they go along.

I was introduced to House of Freaks back in the 80's and loved them! I had Tantilla on cassette tape, but haven't had a way of playing a cassette for years and forgot about them. Recently my daughter triggered a memory and I was on a quest to find this CD. I found it online and ordered it immediately. I received the CD very quickly (much quicker than I expected).

The songs are very reminiscent of old southern charm and oddities. Songs like Big Houses and Family Tree are so back porch-y - I can imagine sitting out with friends and family, someone reaches for a guitar and this is what you'd expect to hear. Kill the Mockingbird is a humorous recount of starting off a bad day. Sometimes I wake up and no matter how wonderful and beautiful the day may be, I am just grumpy (though I've never wanted to kill a mockingbird!). :) So many of the songs are fun and well-written southern tunes.

Overall, I love the CD and was very pleased with the service and fast delivery.

I love this album, it was a chance find at the local record store and I'm now known to play it over and over again without pause. It was nice to find out that I could get a CD copy of it because my tape is sounding a little off now.