The thing about a joke band is that you have to be noticeably awful to really let your audience be IN on the joke. I recently caught a set by Lazersnake and honestly couldn’t tell that I was seeing a parody band; they loved what they were doing.
Thankfully, such is not the case with the second EP from Scoot and Skeet, a comedy undertaking from unknown sources that does an unbelievably good job of aping a number of genres with their own absurd twist. Will I listen to the Chipmunk’ed gibberish vocals backed by exploding shoegaze emo fury of “Sad Hawk Down†on repeat for the rest of the day? You bet your ass I will. It’s legitimately hilarious and shockingly well executed.Â
The final track, an ambient undertaking entitled “Affleck, You Da Bomb In Phantoms Yo!†is the only questionable contribution; as there’s no funny stuff, just a haunting dirge. Maybe Scoot and Skeet’s got more to offer than they’d have you believe.