JESUS H CHRIST AND THE FOUR HORNSMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE: Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse

Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse

Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse

© 2006 Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse (616892811220)

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Critics from The New Yorker to the Village Voice to Trouser Press agree: JHC&TFHotA's debut is "Awesome." "Glorious." "Sardonic." "Hysterical." "Thundering." "Hard." But we hope you'll find it "Irresisibly Purchasable."

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New York-based Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse are an eight-piece rock/pop/punk/folk/metal/cabaret band. Likened to B-52s meets X-Ray Spex meets Weezer meets Blood Sweat and Tears, the JHC "difference" is horny, thinking-person's, emotionally-bare lyrics protectively cloaked in hard candy pop. All original, stylishly diverse, stick-in-your-head songs about being bicoastal, stealing your boyfriends' Kenneth Anger and Balzac references, compassion fatigue, boobs, Old Lyme, and widower-lust, with roaring guitars and celestial horns. Poignant, laughable, awash in sound and fury, signifying nothing, but saying everything that no one usually dares to say, JHC&TFHotA are really just eager to be held and loved. At which point they'll become distant and forget to buy toilet paper.

This self-produced, self-released CD was ranked #249 in the 2006 Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll, KICKING the shocked ASSES of the likes of Ben Kweller, Peeping Tom, Black Keys, Sparklehorse, Calexico, Billy Idol, Pink, Willie Nelson, Joan Jett, Peaches, Snoop Dogg, Eagles of Death Metal, Amy Millan, Lloyd Cole, Red Krayola, and, yes, even Johnny Cash. (!!!!)

It also made many critics' and bloggers' top 10 lists for 2006 including critics from the Baltimore City Paper, No Depression and The News Observer and was listed in the NEW YORKER MAGAZINE 2006 year end issue as ONE OF TEN ALBUMS worth checking out. We were voted #8 song of the year on Sirius Alt Nation. #6 album of the year on KPFK Los Angeles. And in the new Idolator Pazz and Jop poll, we were #285.
#4 CD of the year (Phoenix New Times- Nikki Andrea)
#6 CD of the year (Seattle Times/Village Voice- Brian Block)
#16 CD of the year (F5 Witchitaw KS- Tom Hull)
#4 CD of the year (Village Voice George Smith)
#6 CD of the year KPFK Los Angeles
#8 song of the year (Sirius Alt Nation)
#1 most requested song for more weeks than any song in the history of Sirius Alt Nation
#1 song of the year CJIQ- Kitcheners

Playing on legendary KROQ-LA by legendary Rodney on the Roq, and on glorious WFMU, beautiful CJIQ, Sirius Alt Nation, the great KPFK Los Angeles, KSFR Santa Fe,...and a whole bunch of other stations- We can't find the list right now...

Hey- we're excited to announce that you can GET JHC&TFHotA RINGTONES at http://www.groupietunes.com/artists/jesushchristandthefourhornsmenoftheapocalypse


THE NEW YORKER
"This lovable local band transcends the novelty of its name with wry, thundering power-pop songs about such previously underexplored subjects as the boredom of living in the Constitution State (“Connecticut Is for Fucking”), the appeal of the recently widowed (“Do Me”), and how pharmaceuticals can help love (“Happy Me”)."

TUCSON WEEKLY
Top 10 CDs of 2006
"In a perfect world, this would be the Saturday Night Live house band, and reason enough to start watching Saturday Night Live again."

NO DEPRESSION (David Menconi): "Picture NRBQ with a metallic pop edge and an expanded horn section, fronted by a singer who looks a bit like Julia Louis Dreyfus, sounds a bit like Sarah Vowell and writes a bit like Amy Rigby only much nastier. There you have this wonderful New York band, who will completely rock your world. Risa Mickenberg and Joel Sheltons songs are side-splittingly funny, starting with Connecticuts For Fucking (because its a place where thats all there is to do) and its turn-on-a-dime shifts between metallic snarl and acoustic jingle-jangle. Happy Me cops the Beatles Nowhere Man guitar riff for a bridge. Vampire Girls rollcalls the slyest geek-culture hall of fame this side of High Fidelity. And weve had great fun in my social circle debating which acquaintance is most like the shrewish hellion in Obviously. Best of all, the music holds up after the laughter subsides."

THE VILLAGE VOICE (Robert Christgau) A MINUS
Risa Mickenberg writes and sings satirical theater songs accompanied by g-b-d-and-sometimes-k, two trumpets, and two trombones. All assume the p.o.v. of a neurotic young professional woman—loan officer, publicist, social planner, perhaps even actress—who may be Risa Mickenberg. Some of these songs are funny, the rest very funny. "Connecticut's for F*cking" seems self-explanatory, "Ellen's Bicoastal" cl*se enough; "Happy Me" is about falling in love on meds, "Vampire Girls" about sucking knowledge from your boyfriends. The jewel is the jealous fit "Obviously"—"I don't care. I mean I think she's a skank, but whatever, I don't care. I just don't see why you're denying it when it's obvious you two slept together . . . "

TROUSER PRESS (Ira Robbins): "Sardonic adult humor in music is amply illustrated by this entertaining New York octet (half of it being the Four Hornsmen, who add to, without ever overwhelming, the simple rock music with brass). Delivered in Risa Mickenberg's winning matter-of-fact voice, "Connecticut's for F*cking" is hysterical, a deadly putdown of the Nutmeg State as a nadir of middle-class tedium that proffers copulation as the only entertaining alternative. And "Vampire Girls," which passingly sounds like the Replacements' "I Don't Know," explodes the little-known problem of women "who seem like they're really cool until you realize that everything that's cool about them is something they sucked out of their ex-boyfriends" with a laundry list of modern-trendy Henry Higgins acquisitions, from Balzac to Karen Black, Iggy Pop to Photoshop."

THE TUCSON WEEKLY: (Linda Ray) "If you read and loved A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES or A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS, this record is for you.... A collection of intelligently observant and wryly amusing pop/rock/punk takes on gender politics (read: sex and its complications), the state of the United States (especially Connecticut) and certain everyday characters and their quirks. All are set in fine musicianship, with Brian Wilson-worthy harmonies and imaginative arrangements."

POP MATTERS (Jason MacNeil)
"JHC&TFHotA are an odd blend of Sixpence None the Richer, Arcade Fire, and New Pornographers if they were all fronted by Amy Sedaris. “Connecticut’s for Fucking” is a hard-the-soft-then-hard power pop tune that talks about the Nutmeg State with sweet, sugary harmonies in the chorus as she simulates what Robin Williams once described as “the bone dance”.. Mickenburg nails the conversational and brassy rocker “Obviously” with a Lou Reed-like charm. A lot of the songs would be great on Desperate Housewives, particularly the opportunistic and cheery “Do Me”. .. The summer-sounding pop of “Vicki Is a Pro” is great, resembling a cross between the Cars and the Go-Gos. Ditto for the fabulous “It’s OK in the USA”. “Vampire Girls” name-drops Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Malcolm X, and others while the punk riffs blend with horns. Another highlight is the rather mainstream bubblegum pop of “Ellen’s Bi Coastal”. “Steve Baylor” has to be one of the oddest, Zappa-like tracks of the year, and “Nipples” is a modern day hit the Turtles failed to get around to."

THE VILLAGE VOICE- GEORGE SMITH: "An eight-person horn-fired local group making glorious hard pop!" “Hammering punkarama, namechecking Saul Bellow, Philip K. Dick, and Jerry Lewis.” “Horns and guitar drive a tank made of suntanned California riff right out of the speakers.”

TUCSON WEEKLY- LINDA RAY: "If you read and loved A Confederacy of Dunces or A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, this record is for you. This is not loud, mad music, though, nor is it as frivolously confrontational as the band name, or the equally stupid cover art. Rather, it's a collection of intelligently observant and wryly amusing pop/rock/punk takes on gender politics (read: sex and its complications), the state of the United States (especially Connecticut) and certain everyday characters and their quirks. All are set in fine musicianship, with Brian Wilson-worthy harmonies and imaginative arrangements. (The timely entry of horns on "Do Me" made me laugh out loud.) Lead singer Risa Mickenberg's voice is peculiar in a way that's perfectly suited to the lyrics, all written by Mickenberg with guitarist/vocalist Joel Shelton. Favorite track: "Vampire Girls"--fascinating women who only know what ex-boyfriends taught them about."

IDOALTOR.COM -Brian Block- #3 BEST ALBUM of 2006
"Jesus H. Christ and the Four Horsemen (sic) of the Apocalypse, who make sure to title their first song "Connecticut's for Fucking" lest anyone mistake them for Christian rock, have learned their trade from Revolver, garage-rock, jangle-pop, synth-pop, performance art, and apparently "Girl from Ipanema". Because all of their songs are funny, and because the two funniest have over-the-top spoken-word vocals that I'd feel nervous about putting on a mixtape for frequent replay, it took me awhile to recognize their debut album as truly brilliant. But if suburban ennui can be art in the hands of the Stooges or the Replacements, if relationship dysfunction is a good enough topic for Bob Dylan or Big Star, if Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones are allowed to complain about weird girls and Talking Heads to celebrate the quirks of American culture, I see no reason why JHC&4HotA can't win awe for doing all the above while being just as emotionally on-target _and_, at the same time, as ridiculous as we know (in our wiser moments) the emotions themselves are."

BOSTON HERALD: "Hilarious!" "Deadpan!" "Love!" "Nervy and mighty amusing!"

PHOENIX NEW TIMES- Nikki D'Andrea: EDITOR'S PICK "Once you've heard "Connecticut's for Fucking," the leadoff track to JHC&tFHotA's debut album, there's no denying this band's snarky brilliance. The song's ridiculously catchy pop beat; dorky, nasal punk vocals (courtesy of the surprisingly sexy Risa Mickenberg); and lampooning of noodling '80s metal guitar solos is like a bubblegum enema flushing pop punk out of mainstream music's bloated colon."

LEICESTERBANGS (U.K.): "Like asparagus, olives, Zappa and cum, Jesus H Christ are an acquired taste."

HARTFORD COURANT (COURANT.COM)
"The lyrics and subject matter are off-kilter, but they're mostly smart and, to my ears, pretty funny, and the musicians have serious chops. And, as the band's name implies, there's plenty of dizzying horn work on the album, mixed with pounding bass and snarling punk guitar riffs. (The album) also features songs about anti-depressants, seducing the bereaved and psychic vampires: "Girls who seem like they're really cool until you realize everything that's cool about them is something they sucked out of their ex-boyfriends," be it how to fix cars or appreciating the music of Syd Barrett.”

THE NEWS OBSERVER (Raleigh, Chapel Hill, NC)
“The comedy record of the year, with side-splitting musings on life, love and the pursuit of happiness set to razor-sharp bar-band pop-rock. It's smart, it's catchy, the music is great.”

NEW YORK MAGAZINE: "Smart, catchy power pop!"

F5 WICHITA Tom Hull- : "Anyone who fondly remembers the Waitresses will have a leg up on this smart, funny, and exuberantly horny band. Not sure whether the difference is a generation of progress in spite of backlash or just that lead singer Risa Mickenberg writes her own lines. Her critique of "Vampire Girls" is spot on, like she's been one and graduated to being interesting in her own right."

PITCHFORK
Delivering uneasy laughs at the expense of strip-mall culture alongside power chords and pop hooks, "Connecticut's for Fucking", by the New York outfit JHC&tFHotA could easily have been a hipster insider's mean-spirited and elitist satire of yokel outsiders. Instead it comes across as something much more complicated than simply making fun of people who aren't from New York. Sounding a little like Amy Sedaris fronting Fountains of Wayne, Risa Mickenberg (who's the Jesus H. Christ part of the name, although there seem to be more than four others in the band, not all on horns) sings from the perspective of one of many teenagers whose only pastime in such a dull state is recreational sex. She delivers lines like "I love to listen to classic rock and have sex with you" with a mix of playfulness and resignation, and introduces a little gravity into the band's humor: all those adolescents, she observes, are "waitin' to turn into the people we are bound to turn into." There's a healthy dose of incisive class commentary as well: "If we can't afford to buy antiques," she sings, "then we just copulate." "Connecticut's for Fucking" sounds more substantial than a novelty track, but with all the catchy fun that label implies.

THE BOSTON GLOBE: “The most raunchy fun!”

THE CAPE CODDER- Don Wilder: "Like Zappa, they'll shock a certain percentage of the population - and absolutely delight the rest of it."

TIME OUT NEW YORK: (STARRED REVIEW) “Not just a carpenter and a compassionate religious icon, Jesus H Christ is also a novelty-pop band fronted by the delightfully baby-voiced Risa Mickenberg who sings in sugar-sweet tones about being courted by the crazy guy down the street. Consider it the musical equivalent to Strangers With Candy.”

THE NEW YORK PRESS: "Jesus H Christ mock all things sacred!”

THE BOSTON METRO "Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse are hilarious!"

THE BOSH: "It's time to open your hearts to Jesus. Jesus H Christ, the totally awesome band...really does rock."

BOSTON PHOENIX: "Amy Sedaris!" "Upscale!" "Sequined!" “Plenty of laughs!” “Bald!”

I GUESS I'M FLOATING:
"The happy spirited band from New York take humorous, albeit true, lyrics and weld them together with music that can only be classified as power pop. With a lead singer that may remind some of an adolescent Jenny Lewis, the band claim to be "bald, horny, thundering, glorious, deadly, lovable and sardonic!" The eight-person ensemble sings about leaching shallow girlfriends, the snags of living in Connecticut, synthetic feelings via prescription drugs, and the sex drives of widowhood. Go on, start your weekend off with a smile."

SOME BLOG SOMEWHERE: "The most delightfully salacious female vocalist since Sippie Wallace."

ELECTRIC TOMATOES.COM
This is not your grandma and grandpa's apocalypse. It’s no fire and brimstone, no seventh seal, no swaths of unholy agony punctuated by blessed souls surfing pillars of light "up there." This is pure power-pop apocalypse (say that five times fast, but we’re not accountable if you pull a muscle in your tongue). Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse write catchy, fun songs with plenty of trumpets. The most obvious comparison they invite is to They Might Be Giants but they also make me think of a Beulah and Nerf Herder hybrid running on unleaded petroleum goofiness. The bands real strength is in their lyrics, which deal with topics you'd never hear on the radio. (Though lets not forget trumpets, who doesn't love trumpets?) “Connecticut Is for Fucking” is an anthem for people in Dullsville, Anywhere and “Nipples,” in addition to being a great summery song, makes me think of the novelty classic “Boobs a Lot.” Check out the band's MySpace, and at your earliest convenience, start loving them.

TIMES OF ACADIANA
CHOICE CUTS "Admittedly, Risa Mickenberg's and Joel Shelton's funny, sardonic, catchy songs cover a narrow terrain -- call it the romantic complications of the Ritalin generation, a demographic cut loose from traditional moorings and for whom psychotropic opiates are the religion of the people -- but, Jesus H. Christ, do they understand their characters! Whether speaking for or at beer-leech women (Vampire Girls, Crazy Guy, Vicki Is a Pro) or a man who's lowering his standards (She's a Six), Mickenberg/Shelton's lyrics are detailed enough for accuracy while stopping just short of the "compassion fatigue" they sympathize with in It's OK in the USA. Some Days is even sweet, with the songs accompanied by brass suggesting musical affinities from three or four decades before lyrics like these would've ever been imagined let alone tolerated."

PAPER THIN WALLS: "You’ll be hearing (Connecticut's For F*cking) for the next 50 years on various Demento and Son Of Demento compilations and podcasts; but not only is it funny funny funny, the band takes care of the music, too: a great rattletrap of a guitar doing fast Ramones chords and then laying a big wet tuneful Johnny Thunders solo atop it all. Tracks.. twist the comedy from funniness to genuine emotion and rage. Most moving is "Obviously," Risa bitching out a lover—“You guys obviously slept together, not that I care; I mean, I think she’s a skank; but whatever"—which leads to a general smorgasbord of bitching: "Why do you have to drive like an asshole? You have to drive, like, right up on the person in front of you’s ass; they slam on their brakes, you’re dead!" She lets loose with the disappointment and fury that’s the undertone of this humor, when life doesn't live up to its billing."

SITDOWNHAVEADRINK.BLOGSPOT.COM
"I was actually less hesitant about getting my nipples pierced the first time, I was concerned that the little bit of scar tissue that had formed from the inital piercings would cause the re-piercing to be more painful. However, I soon realized that when you compare pains of extreme levels there's not really much of a difference between "it really fucking hurt" (first time) and "it really, really fucking hurt" (second time). However, the pain is very short-lived; the only drawback is realizing that you have one more nipple to go! (If you're getting both pierced.) I'm just thankful I don't have three nipples."

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  • A Fantastic Suprise
    author: Michael T Lewis

    I bought This album on a whim and I couldn't believe how good it was. Listening to Risa through headphones is like some demented chipmunck has snuck into your head to sing you dirty limericks and you don't want her to leave.

  • Must..Keep...Listening..
    author: J.G.

    I originally discovered JHC&TFHofA while driving around listening to the Sirius radio. Intrigued, I looked them up on-line and instantly had to have the whole CD. It's rare to find a band that can competently mix damn good music with sardonic lyrics in a way that can still be taken seriously. Since I received my CD, I have listened to it over and over again. Now I just wish the band would come play this neck of the woods.

  • Put it on again
    author: The Oz Connection

    I've been playing it for a week now. It takes risks, backed by competent musicians, and it works.

  • Too funny! More adult version of Weird Al.
    author: Nolan

    Very entertaining CD! Very well written, clever lyrics and stories. The music is well done too. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars, is that it's not something you'd jam to while cruising in your car, but a great, fun CD! Perfect for drinking or whatever.

  • Awesome and Fantastic!
    author: Saija

    This cd is one of the best ones I've ever heard! Talk about witty lyrics and catchy tunes! Can't help but sing along and snicker! A saviour of a bad day!

  • Singing along is mandatory
    author: R. Williams

    The music is so infectious, you'll be humming the songs all day. The pop style is catchy but its the ascerbicly witty lyrics that make you want to keep listening. Just try not to sing along while listening to it on the train. Someone is doing something very right in Connecticut! Can't wait for the next album.

  • Original and Unique.... I wanna drive to Connecticut!!
    author: Mike Rotchlikker

    This whole CD, from top to bottom. I cannot get enough of Risa's voice.

  • kick ass
    author: bernard

    wonderful disc - like fountains of wayne if fountains of wayne's songs were about sex instead of not having sex

  • Great
    author: Adam

    This is a great selection of unexpected songs.

  • sweet
    author: button your fly- fly guy

    sweet, to the point, heard on sirus this past summer. loved it play for others whenever i get the chance. I love weird shit like this. check out C.I.L.F from Zacharia also funny as hell.

  • sweet
    author: button your fly- fly guy

    sweet, to the point, heard on sirus this past summer. loved it play for others whenever i get the chance. I love weird shit like this. check out C.I.L.F from Zacharia also funny as hell.

  • Great lyrics, great music
    author: Bob

    This CD is different than any that I have bought lately. Every song has great lyrics, and the music is just as great. It is worth every penny I paid.

  • its great
    author: Male Martha

    This is one great CD. I discovered them on Sirius, and this CD has made the whole subscription worthwhile.

  • Fantastic
    author: Gary

    This is the irreverant slap in the face the music industry needed. Keep making the music.

  • Terrific band and terrific lyrics
    author: Rick D

    This cd is now my favorite. My daughter turned me on to it and I just can't get enough of it. I'm spreading the word about the cd and CD Baby.com to all the locals here in upstate NY. Keep Rockin'. Rick D.

  • My god, Jesus H Christ ROCKS!!!!!!!!
    author: Paul

    TThese guys are incredible!!!! I am seriously making plans to travel from IL to see them in NYC, unless by some miracle they plan to make an appearancr in IL soon hint, hint.

  • Great CD....Love the lyrics
    author: Bipper

    Great CD.... first heard it on Sirius 21 top 21 countdown. It hit home for me as I lost my viginity in Connecticut. Can't get the song out of my head and can't wait for the next release.

  • Wonderful
    author: Scratch 22

    A wonderful accident to stumble upon this hilarious and yet superbly talented musical group. I'm Happy.. Happy.. Happy me. It's so Kay in the USA!

  • Thank God for JHC!
    author: Mike Rotchlikker

    Thank God for JHC and for Sirius for playing this CD! Everyone needs to listen to this! And, Connecticut's Tourism Dept should send JHC a check... I had no idea that Connecticut was so fun!

  • i loved it it is the best thing ever
    author: toad

    i loved it it is the best thing ever cant stop listing to it

  • Love It!
    author: Martin

    This is exactly the sort of jewel that makes cdbaby so addictive. Love the lyrics and the overall sound is brilliant - an album that really does make me smile! Now all I need are some dates for UK gigs.......

  • F*CKING GREAT
    author: Mike oootside of Edmonton

    CD is awesome - great work - heard it on Sirius 21, too bad the rest of the tight ass world will not get to hear!

  • amazing
    author: fuck

    this cd is amazing and fucking hilarios i love it everyone on earth should buy it

  • TMBG meets Regina Spektor meets Talking Heads meets Dresden Dolls
    author: Chris Gorski

    These are the catchiest tunes I have ever heard! I can't stop humming them in my head. Nipples, Melons, Bi-coastal, Fuc#ing while listening to classic rock (105.9, "Classic rock" circa 1985 to 1998 or so). What else could so inspire this Connecticut boy? Seriously, listen to these tune samples and see if you can refrain from buying this CD.

  • this is the most awesome cd i ever bought.
    author: chelsea

    this is the only cd that is worth paying for. i can listen to every song over and over and laugh for hours.

  • The Best Band to Come Around Since Falco!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    author: CB

    This band kicks ass!!!!! ...and I really want Risa to do me....even though my wife isn't dead...yet heh.

  • Great, funny, and to be played at an extreme volume!
    author: Adam Thomas

    To all who find this disk, you will not be disapointed. The only downside can be the looks you will get when you are singing the words to these damnably catchy song under breath without realising that your doing it. :) I would file then along with "They Might Be Giants," "Camper Van Beethoven," and some of the Tamer "Ween". I love this album and hope to hear much more from this band in the years to come!

  • You guys rock!
    author: andrew n

    Great stuff.... I like your style......

  • Pure Comic Relief
    author: Linde

    I first heard Connecticut is for Fucking on Sirius Alt. Nation but now I think the whole album is fantastic the song Do Me fantastic lyrics. Can't wait for the next album.

  • Incredible!
    author: thestaton

    I first heard these guys on Sirius alt nation and had to get this cd! Its very fun, upbeat and hillarious. A++ JHC!! Now come tour around the MD,DE area :)

  • Everything a woman thnks but cannot say!
    author: Joe R.

    Sound is very playful and cute, but then you catch the lyrics and wow! It music sounds like everything a woman wants to say but cannot (at least sometimes). The arrangements are very well done, which makes this album one of the most intelligent albums I have heard. Thank you Sirius for playing them so i could buy their album.

  • Great CD
    author: Fred

    I have to say like so many others thanks to sirius they opened the door for this band. I think tata this CD comes straight with what you expect hopefully I can see them on tour sometime. The music and lyrics are great glad to see more horns in a band.

  • Makes me giggle
    author: Michael Fitzer

    This album makes me want to move to Connecticut. I hope they'll let me produce their next video. We'll shoot it in a mall.

  • Very clever and witty lyrics
    author: Jim buhl

    The lyrics are clever and witty. The music is top notch and shows real musical talent.

  • old lymer loves connecticuts for fucking
    author: emily

    I am from Old Lyme, Ct and i absolutely love this album, especially Connecticut's for Fucking. Ct is really like that and i love that some one finally recognizes. all of the songs are hillarious and the album kicks ass!

  • Even as an atheist, this cd ROCKS!!!
    author: Mike Czech

    After hearing Connecticut's For F*cking on Sirius, I found the band on mySpace and sampled some more songs. Shortly after I ordered the cd for myself. I am really pleased with it's awesomeness. Vampire Girls and Crazy Guy are among my favorite tracks.

  • Brilliant
    author: Scot

    Thank god for Sirius, otherwise I doubt I'd have ever heard of JHC&TFHOTA. Fun, sarcastic, Zevon plus TMBG plus so much other great stuff yet utterly original. Just a terrific album all the way over.

  • Sooooooooooooooooooo awesome!
    author: Jade

    This is such an awesome CD. Every song will make you laugh, and they are so freakin catchy. You'll be humming along to them for days and weeks after you listen to this CD. Thank you Alt Nation on Sirius Radio for exposing this very talented group:)

  • Witty & bold with a fruity and lingering aftertaste...
    author: NewJack

    These guys (+ girl) are going places, so get in on the ground floor. Catchy, irreverent and rockin'; guarantied to piss off the conservative republican in your life. Excellent musicianship with lyrics that play. Just a blast.

  • GREAT GREAT GREAT
    author: Tim

    It has been a LONG time since I've had an album that I could keep in a CD player all day long, play it over and over, and not get tired of it. This is the one -- funny as HELL and as ol' Dick Clark used to say, "it's got a good beat." Doesn't hurt that Risa has a smokin' voice. My new favorite album!!!

  • F*CKIN GREAT
    author: Chris

    Every track on this cd is awesome. I have listened to it every day since I have gotten it. I cannot wait to hear what they put out next.

  • Better than Charleton Heston as Moses ...
    author: Sun Zoom Spark

    ...and with a production of biblical proportions. Now, THIS ... THIS is an album for the 21st century.

  • One of the best CDs of the year!
    author: 420am (radioXenu)

    Generally a satire CD gets annoying after awhile. It's all fun until it's worn on you. You're also lucky to find a couple of tracks on a CD that could pass as something you could hear time and time again. Such is not the case with this great self titled CD. Listening the songs on this remarkable disc make you think of all of the silly sh*t you've discussed with your friends over the years. The difference is that JHC actually has the talent to put it down on paper and then make it sound great, truly a remarkable feat! I've recommended this CD to all of my friends and I'd recommend that you pick it up if you don't own a copy of it yet!

  • great lyrics, wonderfully offensive. i love it.
    author: russ

    the songs on this album are top notch. the writing is what we think and dare not say aloud. wonderful voice quality in the female lead and good horn back up. wonderful album. for the price i was however expecting a full size jewel case, not the paper sleeve. but i still love the songs, and that's what i wanted to pay for.

  • Great CD
    author: Paul Schroeder

    This is a great CD. The lyrics are funny and insightful. The music is catchy. Who knew a group of cyclopses could be so talented?

  • decent
    author: marcus

    good cd, catchy songs, love connecticut's for fucking, speed of delivery was amazing, cdbaby rocks

  • author: Cameron

    Very funny and NEW. Best CD I have bought in years.

  • Great musicians, great lyrics!
    author: Just Dave

    Best CD I have heard in years.

  • fun
    author: Beth

    This CD is a fun listen while also being musically pleasing. The perky songs get stuck in your head in a good way -- other than you may not want to sing them out loud/

  • Music from the non-existent episodes of FLCL. You know how good that is.
    author: Colin

    If you like FLCL, FLCL music, and if you're painfully aware of pop culture...if you watch Mission Hill, or if you're in any way a spectator of human existence, rather than a human yourself, you will listen to these songs and feel as though you started listening to the band when you hit puberty oh-so-many years ago. In other words, this music makes me feel nostalgia for the here-and-now rather than the way-back-then. From a technical standpoint, I've never quite heard music exactly like this, and that's refreshing. They all play well, and the vocals make me swoon for Haruko, the rickenbacker-playing, yellow-vespa-driving alien maniac. In other words, beautiful music for me. If you're anything like me, then it will be beautiful for you as well.

  • A Gran Cru in music form
    author: Ruben McAllister

    What a superb blending of talented musicians that don't take themselves too seriously. This is the best album I have heard in a long time. THANK GOD FOR JESUS H CHRIST. The funniest songs ever produced.

  • Witty, catchy and FUN!
    author: Schlitz

    Very original and full of wit. Not just another satirical music album. "She's a Six" is a ten!

  • awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    author: marinelli

    being from ct these songs hit home. i know you all will make it big. remember the small people when you do.

  • Great CD
    author: Travis M

    Great cd and a good change from all everything else I've heard lately. Look forward to hearing more.

  • I Love This CD!
    author: Ken W

    This one of the best CD's I have heard in a long time. The lyrics are hysterical and the recording quality of the CD is fantastic. I give this CD two thumbs up!

  • author: William Boyd

    A very funny album by a group that recalls the Waitresses. I especially like Vampire Girls and Obviously, both of which I play on my community radio show. Recommended to the intelligent, mirth-starved masses. And you know who you are...

  • excellent cd. witty, catchy, original, worth buying
    author: dan ex machina

    Excellent debut from a completely New York-bred band. Perfect power-pop with horns, wit, and a chick who's pissed off at a boyfriend who drives like an asshole and slept with that girl from his reunion. But she's also the chick trying to get with the guy whose wife just died cuz death makes her hot. And then there's the guy whose girlfriend is a "6 out of 10" and he's proud. A totally sharp and ruthless satire on sex and political correctness in the 2000s wherein every single track comes with a hook that could've been spun on Broadway.

  • Jesus H Christ, this album rocks!
    author: Ethan Stoller

    This CD is brimming with originality, sparkling with wit, and exploding with fun. Each song is a little gem of pointed observations and memorable hooks. A CD like no other in my collection; as appealing to the brain as the sacoiliac!

  • Fun, Energetic, Quirky, Great Blend of Music and Lyrics
    author: Leslie G

    This CD is lively, fun and you will find yourself playing it over again and over again. It is a great blend of music styles and talent. It rocks! I can't wait for another by this group!

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