The most rambunctious two-piece in local rock are back with a masterpiece of a sophomore album. That’s right, Guerrilla Candy’s pals Hobosexual have returned and their new album “Hobosexual II” is exactly what you would expect from the rough and rugged (yet also playful and lovable) rock ‘n’ roll beasts Ben Harwood and Jeff Silva. The guitar tones are sick, the drums sound amazing and the songs flat out rock. And like the band’s self-titled 2010 debut album, this record is best enjoyed when cranked up to 11. In fact, I’m pretty sure that in the future there’s going to be a law making it illegal to listen to “Hobosexual II” at any volume level lower than 11.
Speaking of the future, did I mention that “Hobosexual II” is a concept record set in the year 2071? The story involves an outlaw BMX biker gang called the Sex Destroyers that are led by an authority-fighting female named Kara (pictured above on the album cover) who has broken away from a society where corporate overlords rule the masses thanks to mind-control gas sprayed over cities and slipped into water supplies. During a battle with rival biker gang the Annihilators Kara rescues a scientist called Creep who is working on a project he calls Mechagodmothra, which is a giant rocketship that Kara hopes will take her and the remaining outlaws who are strong enough to resist the corporate mind-controlling tyrants to live on a distant moon of Saturn that Creep says can sustain human life.
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Sounds pretty rad right? And like all good concept albums, the story is engaging but it’s the music that really sells the experience. Simply put, the 12 tracks on this album marks the return of good old fashioned dirty, sweaty, loud and heavy rock ‘n’ roll to Seattle.
Oh, and if Hobosexual’s balls-out rock and a killer storyline aren’t enough to sell you on “Hobosexual II” here’s another reason you need to have this album in your record collection: it has a motherf#%kin’ song about robots. Excuse me, that’s my bad. It’s actually “A Motherf#%kin’ Song About Robots” since that’s the name of the song. Trust me when I say “Hobosexual II” is one of the few must-own local rock albums of 2013 and you will want to be at Neumos tonight to hear how bombastic and badass it sounds live.
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The allure of hearing brand spanking new Hobo music should be a good enough reason to get your butt over to Capitol Hill tonight, but just in case it isn’t as an added bonus the garage blues rock machine that is Fox and the Law are also on tonight’s bill. The band — who are also pals to Guerrilla Candy — are celebrating the release of their latest record “Empty Cases,” which you can download for free over here, making this a Friday night of local rock you don’t want to miss.
That rock ‘n’ roll orgy that will be Hobosexual and Fox and the Law’s dual album release show at Neumos begins tonight at 8 p.m. ($10). The Strange Kind and Keaton Collective will open.
