Tales From the Punchbowl

Rock · 1995 · 13 tracks

Tales From the Punchbowl

Rubbery six-string bass leads and dissonant guitar textures. A surrealist carnival of progressive rock and percussive funk recorded with dry, analog warmth.

It's like a prog-rock circus where the bass player is the ringleader and everything is slightly out of focus.

A restless and surreal journey through character-driven stories told with technical precision and a sense of dark playfulness.

Tales From the Punchbowl · vs · Primus

Forest+2.1σ

Forest saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

01

Professor Nutbutter’s House of Treats

7:13

02

Mrs. Blaileen

3:20

03

Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver

4:24

04

Southbound Pachyderm

6:22

05

Space Farm

1:46

06

Year of the Parrot

5:45

07

Hellbound 17½ (theme from)

2:59

08

Glass Sandwich

4:05

09

Del Davis Tree Farm

3:24

10

De Anza Jig

2:26

11

On the Tweek Again

4:42

12

Over the Electric Grapevine

6:25

13

Captain Shiner

1:15

Moments Worth Waiting For

The seven minute sprawl of track 1 where the bass morphs into a lead synth-like texture

That hypnotic, circular bass riff on track 4 that feels like a slow-motion stampede

The sudden, jarring shift into a hillbilly stomp on track 10 with prominent banjo

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