DEVO: Something For Everybody
by Dion on Jul.30, 2010, under Music
I’ve been a DEVO fan for a long time. While they’re known primarily as a novelty one-hit wonder, they actually put out a lot of quality music between 1977 and 1990, including eight studio albums. They’re like Mad Magazine meets The Church of the SubGenius, with a dose of Mystery Science Theater 3000 for good measure. It’s comical performance art, and the joke’s on all of us, including DEVO themselves.
And now they’re back. Something For Everybody was released last month, and it’s their best album since… 1982? 1981? 1980? 1978? It’s hard to say. It’s that good.
This time around, they’re satirising the process of selling-out itself. The album is “88% focus group approved” and even the colour of their hats was (supposedly) chosen by mass consensus. The absurdity of the whole exercise is simply sublime.
Here’s their new song, “Fresh”:
