It’s rare that I’ll write a review for a release, but Lobotomy’s Methodical Funk merits a post…Before you read this post, click HERE to load the tracks as a playlist in our media player….I think you’ll get more out of this post if you’re listening to the tunes while you read.
If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you may recall that I wrote previously about the above artwork getting good to me. I won’t recap my previous musings, but it suffices to say that the image of a brain wearing headphones on the verge of committing suicide is some funny stuff 
As entertained as I am by the Methodical Funk artwork, I’m even more entertained by the tunes!
Every track on this release is strong. The original sets the stage with a raw groove that gets your head noddin’ right away. It’s definitely got that vintage creative sound that you’d expect from a Lobotomy track…it doesn’t fall neatly into any pre-established mental category you might have, but it’s also not so out there that it’ll leave you behind. And of course, the Pig and Dan remix is Blazin’ Hot They pick up the beat a little beat and provide and dance floor pounder. You can definitely drop this track on an unsuspecting crowd – dark room with thumpin’ subs – in the late hours of the night, just to mash some brains up and keep everybody sweatin’. On to the remix from The One With Many Faces…definitely an interesting track…unconventional and creative. In my opinion, this is the kinda track you play when you’re just hanging with your peeps…just chillin’ out, and everybody’s in the right frame of mind to bug out….Next we have the Jason Short mix, very hot stuff. It’s got some hop to it, and it definitely has originality. I really dig that rising sound in the background and the overall deep feel. Rounding things out, we have Rob Dowell’s remix. I don’t know this guy, but damn he put a solid track together! In the midst of the generally techiness, he’s got this subtle, light electro riff and ufo-like sounds in the background…real brain-baking material.
The more I get to know Lobotomy and the more my musical tastes evolve, the more I’m into what they’re doing. No pretense, no crowd followin, just a string of good ol’ fashioned mind-mangling tunes
Enjoy!
Eddie B
I’ve thought about this a little, and I have a my own theory about what the image means. My guess is that Lobotomy is telling us their tunes are meant to mangle your brain – kinda the way that a Lobotomy would – so they see brains running away from the devastation in fear.
