Saudi Arabia - $200,000 [2008] torrent

http://www.shortyboyboy.com

1. Brains - 4:14
2. Pluck the Daisies - 3:45
3. Chriango - 1:45
4. A Message to Dr. Dog - 2:44
5. Christian Retreat - 3:48

"We're gonna eat your brains tonight," sing West Philly four-piece Saudi Arabia on the first song of their new $200,000 EP. That says it all about this bizarre band, who make the most of their mood swings and aren't afraid to throw in a line from "Jimmy Crack Corn." The aforementioned "Brains" sounds like four or five different songs stitched together in a darkened alley, while the cryptic "A Message to Dr. Dog" is drowned in noise. The closing "Christian Retreat" is just as cheeky but way more melodic. Dwelling somewhere between early Pavement and latter-day Butthole Surfers, Saudi Arabia draw us closer by never revealing their whole hand.

(Doug Wallen) - Philadelphia Weekly
http://www. philadelphiaweekly. com/articles/16932/music--live-music

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SAUDI ARABIA -"$200,000"
Folky, funky, punky, experimental collision of sound from West Philly's Shorty Boy-Boy and his band of musical misfits.

Sounds like Beck, Wilco, The Dead Milkmen, and Ween rolled into one
BEST TRACKS: 1 "Brains", & 4 "A Message To Dr.Dog"
RATING: 4 of 5