Monster Party Hits is a four track collection that 45 Grave would be proud of. Sounding like monsters have raided an episode of Top of the Pops, this release comes complete with catchy as hell hooks, fifties and sixties style backing vocals and riffs that just scream for the air guitar to come out. I defy anyone to not have a good time with this record.
Opening track "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" – taking its name from the 1988 Chido Brother's cult classic – makes me wish this record had been released in time for the film's release. It would genuinely serve as a much better theme tune than the the Dickies' classic did.
"The Ghoul Next Door" and "Mina" are perfect pop tunes guaranteed to get even the dead dancing in their graves.
"Drag Queen Dracula" is a much more vicious affair. Vocalist Mick Van Dyke spits the lyrics out like the angriest monster you've ever heard in your life. Sounding at times like a really pissed off version of 45 Grave's Dinah Cancer, at others like a possessed version of a fifties pop singer, Mick offers a truly exciting and fun alternative to the Glenn Danzig-clones horror rock is so often littered with.
I don't know whose bed Little Miss Stakes have been hiding under, but I'm glad they've unleashed themselves on we puny humans!
Five screams out of five!
Available from:
http://littlemissstakes.bandcamp.com
Reviewed by Ben Smith