Wunderschnitzel release unfinished album to pay bills

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The Sydney Herald

Due to contractual obligations, legal wrangling and threats from their former drummer Max Pedalo, Wunderschnitzel has been forced to release an album that was recorded over two years ago. The album remained unfinished after Max Pedelo disappeared under mysterious circumstances, only later to reemerge in the city of Manaus in the Amazon where he had been drumming for pop sensation La Tigresa. Originally titled 'Man Fat' the bands accountant and good vibes director Schmuttie Starrman decided to release the album, claiming that the band need to payoff a rather hefty 'restaurant bill', while any remaining proceeds will go towards the much needed extension of the Von Tropp Tea Rooms in Austria of which Wunderschnitzel Inc. are the current owners and current holders of EU Cleanest Tea Room Toilet Silver Award.

The 8 track album despite being unfinished has the Wunderschnitzel trademark blend of Electro Folk Rock Pop and something else. The else in this instance comes from a trunk full of instruments that the band and guest musicians tinker and experiment with to create layered ten minute tracks of noodling, further imposed with some free form poetry. The opening track 'Hairy Cyclops' starts with a gregorian chant from the monks of St Larry's Monastery in Melbourne, which then becomes layered with reggae island rhythms in minor chords whilst guest rapper Nuff Sayed tells a story of how he battles everyday with a mental creature called the Hairy Cyclops.

On the track 'Evening Romp' guest singer Ruben Paella delivers punk poetry with a Wordsworthian twist, while the Wunderschnitzel harmonies and basslines are reminiscent of Liberace meets The Dubliners on a day out on Barry White’s yacht. With backing vocals from the Sofia Street Corner Girls Choir and a special guest appearance by the country star Willie Nelson on the track Broken Huevos, listening fans can really count themselves lucky that this album was even made at all. What it sounds like in the end is almost second fiddle because as Rick Astley sings whilst playing the finger bells on the track Love Palpitation, 'I Could Have Missed the Boat, But I Didn't.'... How true.