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World Domination on $3 A Day

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What a blast! This CD pulls influences from all over. Though grounded in Surf, jazz, world music, & a number of other influences are here. Most impressive is that they never seem to reach to bring the disparate influences to bear; they always make sense in the context of the song. I defy you to listen to this CD & not find yourself humming the melody to Beach Ball for the next 3 days.

The perfect music for my pool parties! Great blend of awesome new tunes and unforgettable favorites. Really looking forward to the next CD! Hope to see "fez" at a Spring Break Festival on the beach.

For all of us who feel stupid buying a britney spears CD, or get tired of 16 year old bands who only know one chord sing of their teen angst, FEZ is the savation! The musicianship is superb, the songs are great (including a wickedly dangerous version of the surf classic PIPELINE)and the whole cd just flat out rocks beginning to end! The title track "WORLD DOMINATION ON $3 A DAY" is a musical blitzkreig that leaves you gasping for air. Duck and cover, 'cause you've never head anything like it!KREWE OF FEZ takes you to a disco Mardi Gras parade and the only way Thunder Swing won't haveyour toes tappin is if you are a corpse! I'm sure BEACHBALL is going to be the new theme song to some nick at nite show, (And we can only hope TV really gets that cool!) and MONKEYBOY STROLL and YOU KEEP TELLING ME are both instantlate night classics! There's not a weak song on the album! Here's to FEZ!!! This album is AWESOME!

Nothing says summer like a little fez on the boom box, a manly chunk of meat on the grill and a girlish frozen fruit drink in hand. I love their frivolous play with classics like Bizet's Carmen and the jazz standard Caravan but it's the original Beach Ball that really gets the toes a tappin'.

Listening to FEZ makes summer last forever.
Surf boards, margaritas and hurricanes.
Summer love and all the good times are rolled into
one HOT!!! CD. I predict FEZ will be THE #1 Surf
Jazz combo in the near future.

Makes me want to get up and dance! It also makes me long for a tropical island, tiki torches, and Hurricanes (the drink, not the phenomena). Recommend to everyone.

Kick-off your shoes and socks, dig your toes into imaginary sand, push play on the CD player and get ready to be wiped-out by the fez and WORLD DOMINATION ON $3 A DAY. By the time you realize the surf's up you are too lost in the music to care about the waves or leaving your listening spot. The first sound you hear on this album is a needle finding the groove on a vinyl record. Once you've recognized what you've heard the title track is sending you into a foot-tapping frenzy. "Krewe of Fez" settles into a reflective mood with cool guitar riffing from Monkeyboy and a solid accompaniment by Chaos on bass and Mr. White on drums. Brian Setzer has nothing on these cats as they swing up a storm on "Thunder Swing." I can imagine what fez would do to an audience dressed in zoot-suites as this tune gets cookin'. Cut 5 eases the tempo into a lush romantic guitar based love song and "Venus, Planet of Love" is an apropros title. "Monkeyboy Stroll" gets the action swinging again with mesmeristic guitar, and a wonderful organ counterpoint adds drive to the energy. Chaos and Mr. White provide the bed that the groove lays in, as usual. The last refrain rises to a "wake-the-dead-and-let's-dance" level...way out! On track 7 we are treated to a much welcomed update of the classic "Pipeline." The music is so familiar to anyone over the punk-rock/alternative eras. I even bought a '66 Mosrite guitar I so admired those groups playing surf music back then (still have it, BTW). Anyway, this is a fresh cover of one of the all time fav songs-good job fellas. Okay, when #8 arrives you're ready to cash out some of your 401K and buy yourself a Woody and a new board. Can't remember where you put those baggies? Doesn't matter. Leave work early and get to the beach is the message here. The intro to "Beach Ball" is reminiscent of those beach party movies and then it thrusts forward into a head-bobbing, hand-clapping ditty that'll have 'em bouncing off the walls til closing time. I can't help but reflect on high school proms and unforgotten girlfriends when I listen to "You Keep Telling Me(You Belong to Me)." The easy melody and essence is as if the music were my dance partner. [Music] "I wish I could caress, and kiss" Jimi Hendriz once mused in a song. Ah, the lights are low, her perfume is pleasing, my mouth next to her ear, she's cooing in agreement, time is suspended for oldtimes sake. "Hurricane Georges Bizet" beckons us once more to the water's edge to contemplate whether or not we want another wave to catch or another Daiquiri to sip. . Up and down in tempo, this number does its job well at taking us for a ride, one that is well worth it in terms of enjoyment. "Caravan" closes the CD and bring full-circle the fact that fez is no group of pimple-faced "just got my instrument for Christmas" garage wannabes. This is talented and well rehearsed players who take making music seriously. Pop radio and record stores will get up-to-speed on this well kept secret and sleeper of an album, so take heed; fez will not be ignored for long. This CD will remain in rotation in my player for quite a while to come. Get yourself a Daiquiri, put on your fez (CD & hat) and "hang" Dude, but leave those shoes behind.

Adding FEZ to the mix of a party makes it really happen! My favorite is BEACH BALL. Wish they had a video!

Nice to hear a band that doesn't depend on vocals--this music is impressive of its own accord. Very entertaining album, with a little something for everyone--surf, jazz, blues, exotica...goes over great at parties. Excellent guitar work.