Pandelirium [Digipak] (CD - 2006)

Playing music that's variously punk-influenced country, speed metal, blues, manic klezmer, and often all of the above, The Legendary Shack Shakers cut a cheerfully irreverent swathe through the worthy but often dull ranks of alt. country. Their third album, the appropriately titled PANDELIRIUM, is a Technicolor clash of pure energy and inspired production featuring guest appearances from the Reverend Horton Heat and Jello Biafra. Fresh-sounding and sometimes dazzling, it spans the frantic album opener "Ichabod," the loopy litany of improbabilities of "No Such Thing," the frenzied harmonica instrumental "Thin the Herd," and the nightmarish yet undeniably funky "Monkey on the Doghouse." minimize