The creator of MTV's The Sifl and Olly Show, Liam Lynch recentlyput down his sock puppets and picked up his guitar to create hishilarious, yet clever debut album, "Fake Songs."
On "Fake Songs," Lynch combines a variety of musical genresincluding garage rock, new wave and disco to create a sound that isall his own.
Musically, his debut will leave listeners either scared orimpressed with the album's unique musical arrangements.
But lyrically, the album will have listeners laughing outloud.
On the acoustic-pop track "Still Wasted from the Party LastNight," Lynch sings about being too drunk to go to work.
He wails, "Put my last smoke behind my ear and realized it waslit/I'm wasted/still wasted from the party last night."
Lynch's lyrics paint a funny, yet pathetic picture of a personwho partied a little too hard the night before.
Sadly, this is a song that many college students can identifywith.
On "Still Wasted," he sings with such a cracked, raspy voice,one might actually think Lynch was truly "wasted" when he recordedthe song.
Fans of The Sifl and Olly Show, will recognize the second trackon "Fake Songs", which is uniquely titled "United States ofWhatever." The term "whatever" hasn't sounded this fresh sinceClueless.
With the occasional guitar riff and repetitive drum beats, Lynchfinds some way to make this 90 second song, one of the best on thealbum. But one cannot forget Lynch's "Fake Songs."
While writing his debut, Lynch found time to create a few songsto pay tribute to some of his favorite musicians.
To show his appreciation Lynch wrote, "Fake Bjork Song," "FakeBowie Song," "Fake Pixies Song," "Fake Depeche Mode Song" and "FakeTalking Heads Song." On each "Fake Song," Lynch attempts to captureboth the musical and lyrical style of each artist or band.
And his attempt is virtually flawless. For instance, on "FakeBjork Song," listeners might actually mistake the Chuck Taylorwearing Lynch, for Bjork. Lynch also called on a few friends tohelp out with his debut.
Tenacious D's Jack Black guest stars on the goofy hard rockanthem, "Rock and Roll Whore," while the former Beatle, Ringo Starrplays percussion on "Cuz You Do" and "Try Me."
Overall the CD is a combination of colorful lyrics with avaritey of musical genres. But listeners may fall ill to theforever changing sound of the CD.
Either way, Lynch's debut is a memorable compilation that willleave any listener laughing and singing along.
