Zinfandel from California. The music is solid, and the semi-spoken word lyrics amuse. Soul Coughing is basically what Cake was trying to do but failed. It will appeal to people who appreciate language without being too puffed up about it. There is a certain phonetic and rhythmic pleasure in M. Doughty's delivery. The music itself can be repetitive at times, but I think I've grown out of the phase where repetition bothers me.

Ruby Vroom

• Track 2 - Sugar Free Jazz
• Track 3 - Casiotone Nation
• Track 4 - Blueeyed Devil
• Track 11 - And I Wake Up
• Track 12 - This is THE song.
• Track 14 - Janine
  
  [This Is Not Chicago] [These Are Not True Dreams]

Irresistable Bliss

• Track 4 - Soundtrack to Mary
• Track 6 - 4 out of 5
• Track 8 - Disseminated (sampling of The Penguin by Raymond Scott)
• Track 9 - Collapse
• Track 11 - The Idiot Kings

El Oso

• Track 7 - interesting
• Track 8 - now we're getting there
• Track 14 - quite good delivery
• Track - TBA

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