Friday Freebie: Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys - BUNKER BUDS
We all have come to expect a new album from Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys every March from the RPM Challenge in February. This year also saw an April Stay Home Make Music challenge, which means Walter Sickert has crafted a new album under quarantine. Now quarantine is making us all a little loopier than normal, and we all know the bizarre and twisted musical world Sickert occupies, so what will happen to their musical output? Turns out they have gone mainstream? Almost? "Poison Queen of New Orleans" sounds like it would be a typical Army of Toys murderous jam, but it's a fairly standard folk song. Well, standard as far as Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys gets. This would still be weirdo music from your average band, but compared to what we're used to from this band of steamcrunkers, BUNKER BUDS is practically Jack Johnson. "Let Love Be the Way" is a creepy folk song, but it's also downright lovely. "Sister Knives" ...