Gogol Bordello
Trans-Continental Hustle
4.2/5
Listen To: When Universes Collide
Skip It: Nothing.
You love our music but you hate our guts, And I know you still want me to ride the back of the bus spews Eugene Hütz in “Break The Spell” off Gogol Bordello’s latest album Trans-Continental Hustle. The American Recordings, Rick Rubin produced album is the band’s sixth full-length and first major label recording since leaving indie-punk label SideOneDummy.
In hopes of pushing Gypsy punk’s political themes into the mainstream, Gogol Bordello has riddled Trans-Continental Hustle with angry, satirical lyrics. In corridors full of tear gas, Our destinies change everyday, Like deleted scenes from Kafka, Flushed down the bureaucratic drain sings Hütz in the punky blowout indictment of Roma acceptance that is “Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher).” “When Universes Collide” tells of an innocent young child caught in the middle of war, Over crashing cymbals, and melody humming accordions and violins, Hütz sings It’s just father told me tonight, Authorities preparing an ethno-cleansing ride… So when the universes collide, Son, don’t get caught on the wrong side!
You really get the Roma feel with Gogol Bordello’s reliance on traditional music. The nine member band is in full-form, creating soulful ass-shakers like “In The Meantime In Pernambuco,” and some tracks, like “Uma Menina Uma Cigana,” are renditions of traditional folk songs sung in Hütz’s animated Ukrainian accent. Keeping it punk, dust-kicking speed drums and distorted rebel guitars are all over the fourteen song disc.
I hope the major label boost gets the meaning of Trans-Continental Hustle, and all Gypsy punk, across to the public. This is segregated music with a punk platform, trying to explain about present-day oppression and exploitation. If enough people listen, maybe we’ll stop calling these people Gypsies.
Track Listing:
1. Pala Tute
2. My Companjera
3. Sun Is On My Side
4. Rebellious Love
5. Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher)
6. When Universes Collide
7. Uma Menina Uma Cigana
8. Raise The Knowledge
9. Last One Goes The Hope
10. To Rise Above
11. In The Meantime In Pernambuco
12. Break The Spell
13. Trans-Continental Hustle
Trans-Continental Hustle
4.2/5
Listen To: When Universes Collide
Skip It: Nothing.
You love our music but you hate our guts, And I know you still want me to ride the back of the bus spews Eugene Hütz in “Break The Spell” off Gogol Bordello’s latest album Trans-Continental Hustle. The American Recordings, Rick Rubin produced album is the band’s sixth full-length and first major label recording since leaving indie-punk label SideOneDummy.
In hopes of pushing Gypsy punk’s political themes into the mainstream, Gogol Bordello has riddled Trans-Continental Hustle with angry, satirical lyrics. In corridors full of tear gas, Our destinies change everyday, Like deleted scenes from Kafka, Flushed down the bureaucratic drain sings Hütz in the punky blowout indictment of Roma acceptance that is “Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher).” “When Universes Collide” tells of an innocent young child caught in the middle of war, Over crashing cymbals, and melody humming accordions and violins, Hütz sings It’s just father told me tonight, Authorities preparing an ethno-cleansing ride… So when the universes collide, Son, don’t get caught on the wrong side!
You really get the Roma feel with Gogol Bordello’s reliance on traditional music. The nine member band is in full-form, creating soulful ass-shakers like “In The Meantime In Pernambuco,” and some tracks, like “Uma Menina Uma Cigana,” are renditions of traditional folk songs sung in Hütz’s animated Ukrainian accent. Keeping it punk, dust-kicking speed drums and distorted rebel guitars are all over the fourteen song disc.
I hope the major label boost gets the meaning of Trans-Continental Hustle, and all Gypsy punk, across to the public. This is segregated music with a punk platform, trying to explain about present-day oppression and exploitation. If enough people listen, maybe we’ll stop calling these people Gypsies.
Track Listing:
1. Pala Tute
2. My Companjera
3. Sun Is On My Side
4. Rebellious Love
5. Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher)
6. When Universes Collide
7. Uma Menina Uma Cigana
8. Raise The Knowledge
9. Last One Goes The Hope
10. To Rise Above
11. In The Meantime In Pernambuco
12. Break The Spell
13. Trans-Continental Hustle
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