Kunt and the Gang
A Last Wank and a Last Cry (Disco Minge)
Even if the Kunts were too tight to release the full album to the press- this review is based on a bundled CD featuring the greatest hits from the earlier albums in the ‘Wank and Cry’ Trilogy- ‘One Last Wank and One Last Cry’ is another future playground classic, destined to be furtively swapped round the back of the bike sheds or slipped on at adolescent house parties. There is a hint of maturity this time around, with a song about bearded men straying from the usual masturbation gags, but only a hint. A self-pitying rant about illegal downloading still manages to reference baby genitals and stalking.
Kunt and the Gang do have one trick. The perfect pastiches of eighties pop, performed on a bontempi organ, have a clearer sense of melody than most of the top forty. Kunt sings with the combined earnestness of the entire Open University staff about sex and serial killers. Rarely breaking the three minute mark, each song is remarkable both for the exact parody of pop abandon and filthy imagination.
Of course, they are hugely offensive and hugely funny in equal proportion. Kunt’s straight-faced delivery and infectious good humour- he can talk about posting obscene material on Facebook while retaining his innocence- sets him above the standard crude comedian. Despite the cheap production, the tunes are pretty danceable, too. Never likely to be more than cult material, their insouciance vulgarity does undercut the pomposity of rock’s claims to high art and importance.
Gareth Vile
