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Cherubs – Fist in The Air

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This is the Cherubs “Pepper” moment. No not RHCP but more akin to the Butthole Surfers song that somehow greased it’s ways onto the airwaves and became a hit, or this would be if it were twenty years ago. Leftover from their latest album 2 Ynfynyty, “Fist In the Air” is bound to leave fans a little confused who are expecting more of their assaultive noise. Starting with a patriotic intro before morphing into a dirty anthemic riff and hooky chorus, it’s weird cause it’s not weird and almost sounding happy. Of course being the Cherubs they still manage to sneak in a heaping dose of cynicism as vocalist/guitarist Kevin Whitey describes it as “an adolescent wet dream of infinite, U.S. Can-do, possibility. Learning to drive, yearning for sex, burning for mall stardom—all manifested in the post-industrial triumph of the individually-wrapped American cheese slice. Stupid yum.” Don’t take it too seriously beyond a fun song as the band clearly doesn’t including two dismantling remixes; one nauseating psychedelic and another bizarre rave version. I mean just look at the cover art, it’s clearly a slice of cheese!

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