Consisting of Les Claypool on bass and Bryan Kehoe on guitar Four Foot Shack see’s the two of them taking on a selection of tracks from the Claypool back catalogue, along with one original song and some other covers. The catch is they’ve decided to re-imagine these tracks as a collection of redneck country songs. It’s a formula that is as bonkers as it sounds and as they twang their way through “Staying Alive” you will know instantly whether this is something you want in your life or not.
Let’s put it simply. There is a lot of things to enjoy in this album. Their crack at Alice in Chains “Man in a Box” is almost unrecognisable from the original, while their Johnny Cash inspired cover of Tom Conners “The Bridge Came Tumbling Down” is rather brilliant. However, it’s also a joke that quickly goes stale. You’ll listen to this album, pick out a couple of tracks you like, listen to them a few more times and then forget about it. In many ways though that’s okay, this is a band that was obviously put together to have a good time and Four Foot Shack does exactly that.
For fans of: Johnny Cash, Primus
Choice Cuts: Man in a Box, Hendershot
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