When you hear a name like Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich, you know you can expect a few yuks, but the laughs that they receive are due to their witty, dry, and at times bizarre humor that only years of improv and sketch comedy can yield. But if you were to focus on the music, which I will after the jump. They embody a variety hour of genres, from punk to rock to vaudeville torch songs, which is sure to keep you on your toes. Their live performances are quite entertaining as well, they throw in a few jokes here and there, received with a groan or a barrage of applause. Most of the members are multi-instrumentalists, so it is not uncommon to see them jump around from instrument to instrument as they take you through the sound of the Sandwich Shop. Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop is releasing a new LP Listen-ing , and they are having a party TONIGHT at the newly established South Side rock club, Reggie's Live with the rest of their Roydale Records Label family.
11.09.07 - 8PM - 18+
Roydale CD Release Bash
Reggies Live * 2109 S. State
with *josepi* / .22 / The Bitter Tears
Download: Let's Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop - "Henry and the Horse"
...Sandwich Shop definitely fuses some interesting styles and tend to jump genres at the switch of a track on their newly released LP, Listen-ing (mixed by Greg Norman). Lead by Tony Mendoza, whose voice can be as spastic as Jad Fair, brings a punk sensibility to the band's sound that can be derived from listening to TMBG, Misfits, and David Byrne all at the same time on repeat, then emulating that sound. He is supported by Thea Lux, Joanna Buese, and Tom Vale, and it is with their strong flairs that allows the music to really take flight. With Mendoza taking on a majority of the songwriting duties on the album, he has a way of mixing the mundane with the insane to create lyrics that are Mad-Lib, yet somewhat coherent. Thea Lux does offer up her fair share of songwriting abilities, like "Loved Song" and "Lullabye" which showcase her heart and beautiful voice (a voice that would be right at home on a bare stage with a small spotlight on her and a ukulele in a dim cabaret.) It is Thea and Joanna's backing vocal harmonies that add a truly wonderful contrast to Mendoza's screams, yelps, and melodies. Overall, Listen-ing is an unique album that takes the listener on a musical journey through the psyche of musicians with a off-kilter sense of humor. Blood, fucken families, horses, lost love, and getting nasty, they all relate in this world they create. It is worth a listen-ing and might be even better experienced live, especially "VIP Room" which is out of this world when Joanna really lets it all loose.
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