World/inferno Friendship Society, The
This Packed Funeral
Equal parts punk, soul, klezmer and jazz, replete with horns, piano, guitar and a lot of boys and girls with very sharp teeth, the Brooklyn-based groups must-see stage charisma rivals Slim Cessnas Auto Club. The ensemble has over 40 members, including a guy from Dexys Midnight Runners whos in Black 47 now. Only about seven to thirteen show up at any given time due to parole restrictions, so one never can tell how crowded the dressing room is going to be. In the bands unique punk rock cabaret style, the much anticipated new album This Packed Funeral features their signature critically acclaimed romantic-tangoing / violent break-up-inducing mayhem while combining contrapuntal fugue and the classic hardcore punk sounds of Code Of Honor, TSOL and The Damned. The group is fronted by singer Jack Terricloth, a prison baby who was placed in foster care after being born in the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Scott Hollingsworth, co-founding member of this bizarre gang of dangerous loonies, is back on the producers stool after a fifteen-year hiatus, and will be touring with the band on keys this fall. Veteran member Peter Hess is also back in the fold, and is responsible for the stellar brass arrangement on "Dont Get Me Started, Dont Get Me Wrong," World / Infernos take on a New Orleans Funeral March.