Mathias Kom is singer/ukelele player in The Burning Hell Newfoundland-based The Burning Hell, led by songwriter/ukulele player Mathias Kom, have released new record Flux Capacitor (weewerk records). A really neat record with a rag-tag mix of sounds and lyrics about the late-‘80s (remember when John Stamos played for the Beach Boys), pirates and beards.
In a depressing statement on The Burning Hell’s blog, the band’s frontman, Mathias Kom — who is aging faster than he’d like to — voices a desire to turn back the clock on his life. Lacking the technical knowhow required to construct a flux capacitor, this album was his best option. It’s the first autobiographical record in The Burning Hell’s rapidly-expanding catalogue, and a chance for Kom to revisit (and perhaps revise) his own history.
Despite the lingering misgivings, Flux Capacitor takes the cake as The Burning Hell’s most joyous album. Kom was obviously hellbent on recalling only happy memories for his subject matter — a choice he vocalizes in “Nostalgia,” when he admits he’s only willing to remember “the music and the heavy petting.”
