Madnomad - Tamper Evident " madnomad is the look on your parent's faces when you accidentally catch them fucking " … since hearing the forthcoming album ROCKSOUND HQ has never quite been the same since. Here is a band that defies musical trends, brings back the meaning of art and eccentric behaviour and have the songs to boot. ONES TO WATCH 2003 - Darren Sadler - ROCKSOUND Debut Album "Tamper Evident" Released April 7 2003 through Sugarshack Sick of tinned pop? Shelf upon shelf of barely distinguishable generic off-cuts and by-product all bearing that unmistakably rank taste of gloopy, melodious, loss-leading muck. Reading this at the start of 2003 and already feel bloated by this year's diet of haircut bands mincing around under the banner of the nu-wave of the blow wave? Thrown together in the dark, possibly satanic even, pop mills of Bristol comes a different kind of product. But this time it arrives with no guarantee to offer a solution, this is one debut that definitely, defiantly, doesn't do what it says on the tin. Grab yourself a can opener, then, and come gorge on Madnomad's deliciously evil concoction of skewered beats, sinister electronic balladeering and head fucking shakedowns. Originally founded as a one man pop revolution just under two years ago, Madnomad (aka Rob Parry) immediately pricked up ears and kicked against pricks with explosive (literally, as many a melted keyboard will testify to) live shows and fizzing blends of lush cinematic scores bleeding into gabba-esque techno confusion. That was stage one. Stage two saw Rob extend the band to a core of four with an ever shifting line up of guests for their legendary live shows (including a full chorus of people in pig masks - don't ask). They don't let the onstage theatrics detract from the music though because not only do they deliver a song, they'll break into your brain and install it for you. As you'll hear they're responsible for some of the most incendiary, intelligent and insane pop heard in years. From the swooning ambience of '35 Summers', the wry social comment of 'Ad Nauseum' and the nasty ass dirt-a-thon of 'Let's Kill The Pig' there's evidence enough that Madnomad could become something very important indeed for pop music. Not bad for a band impossible to pigeon-hole. As Rob explains, there's no real manifesto. "it's just doing whatever the fuck you want to do . It's staying true to it and if that cuts your head off to spite your future career then so be it. I really despise the idea that we're all like sheep who just buy into whatever flashy market approved thing they're offered. People are a lot brighter than they're given credit for, they should be treated with respect in that kind of way." Damn right. Now go play with your food.

Tracks... 1. Direct Evidence Against Uniqueness 2. It Is This 3. Ad Nauseum 4. Tamper Evident 5. Let's Kill The Pig 6. Love Is Sometimes Colder Than Ice 7. The Drunkard's Song 8. Period 9. Thanx 10. 35 Summers 11. 2 Peter 2:22 12. Longest Road 13. Gun Of Sod FOD 045 tamper evident cd album sugar shack records