Tub Ring - Zoo Hypothesis

There are few things sadder than a band that tries to be really weird and freaky but in fact isn't. (Yes, we're looking straight at you, Mr. Bungle, you lame Zappa fetishists.) Luckily, this is not a problem Chicago's Tub Ring ever runs up against; it's not that their fifth album doesn't have passages of extreme oddity, it's that they don't seem to be trying too hard for them, and they're balanced with a surprising knack for oddly poppy settings that bring out the true oddity of the breakdown sections. Read More