Put Down Your Weapons: A Quick Review Of The New Album From Juanita And Juan (Alice Bag And Kid Congo Powers)

What do you get when you combine two of the old school wave's coolest? What do you get when two friends buddy up and combine energies? You get the fun Jungle Cruise, the new album from Alice Bag and Kid Congo Power operating here as Juanita and Juan.

From the slinky "Put Down Your Weapons" to the Tom Waits-y "Jungle Cruise", the ride is smooth here with Juanita and Juan. Things maintain a borderline hypnotic vibe, one pitched near what Kid's done with The Cramps in the past, and certainly on par with his recent excellent Pink Monkey Birds releases. However, on "Aftertaste" and "Interruptor", Alice Bag takes center-stage and things proceed with a bit more obvious fire. Still, the styles here are consistently cool, and the music within these grooves should easily appeal to any fan of either of these artists.

Jungle Cruise by Juanita and Juan is out now via In The Red Records.

[Photo: Christopher Carlone]