...Svi Prijatelji Josh Homme-a Su I Moji Prijatelji...Boots Electric’s new album ‘Honkey Kong’ is simply the product of multiplying Jesse Hughes’ eccentricity with some studio time and his eclectic influences. The Eagles Of Death Metal frontman has taken a sidestep from his regular rock ‘n’ roll quirkiness so submerge himself in his new electro infused, somewhat psychedelic vision. What to expect? Well, Jesse himself claims it’s “Eagles of Death Metal, but hornier with a far bigger dick.”
With this description in mind, Jesse does not disappoint. Boots Electric may be a new project and direction but it still has many of the key Eagles Of Death Metal quirks at the core. The album is certainly ‘hornier’ than his previous work, as Jesse will be proud to have confirmed. The first video for the undeniably catchy ‘Boots Electric Theme’ – featuring Brody Dalle and Juliette Lewis - creates plenty of porn movie spoofs to not only produce one of the funniest music videos seen in a long time, but remind everyone that Jesse Hughes has a dirty, rock ‘n’ roll sense of humour with all projects.
'Complexity' is a synth-based pop song that would, in serious terms, drive you crazy. The key to Boots Electric is to note that it's all fun and it's there to push you to the ultimate dancing boundaries. For those sadly lacking the sense of humour required, your punishment will be having this delightfully bouncy song jammed in your head alongside an unshakeable image of 80s glam and disco.
‘Trippy Blob’, one of the stranger tracks available, features Killswitch Engage’s Howard Jones and is trippy by name, trippy by nature; Jesse declaring that "if [Star Trek] could have a Trippy Blob, so could I." ‘Honkey Kong’’s closing number brings us back to some down and dirty rock ‘n’ roll for the send off. Jesse turns down the electro beats and turns up the amplifier for some bluesy goodness about the ‘Speed Demon’.
'Honkey Kong' is an album for those with a sense of humour, liking for experimentation in music and who enjoy a strong list of collaborators on a record. Although this has many key elements of Jesse’s previous sounds throughout, it’s a refreshed version – perhaps taking him to a bar, plying him with some, bright colourful cocktails and giving him a keyboard in the process. Jesse is brilliant, ‘Honkey Kong’ is stupendously catchy and yet, after all that, it’s still near impossible to imagine what runs through his wonderfully warped mind.
