I have not yet been able to purchase and view the dvd yet, so I'm here to review the songs on the bonus e.p.

I personally love this e.p. I have no idea why it is so underappreciated by many Primus fans. What did they want, another "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese" based release? The guys in the band have moved on. Even before drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander left in 1996 to be replaced by Brian "Brain" Mantia, the band were beginning to change their style more and more. Not even "Frizzle Fry" and "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese" were the same and yet, a lot of fans seem to want them repeated again and again, causing classics like "Brown Album" and this release to suffer severe slaggings. But anyway, on to the review!

What can I say? Primus have really done themselves good with this. The 5 songs include a two minute hyper blast of story-telling speed rock ("Pilcher's Squad"), a haunting song about a man dropping his precious ice cube ("Mary The Ice Cube"), and three very long pieces of progressive weirdness.

The first of the longer tracks is a classic tune, "The Carpenter And The Dainty Bride", sounding like a combination of styles used on Antipop, Frizzle Fry and Pork Soda to create a dark and catchy BIG ditty that could probably please a lot of "stuck in 1991" fans.

The last track, "My Friend Fats", is another example of dark, Pork Soda-esque weirdness, telling the tale of a fat man who's life is fuelled by frequent drug abuse. The song starts with Tim playing a hi-hat beat while beating the drums with Larry's occasional light power chord chugs. Meanwhile, Les experiments and tremolos his bass while singing his dark story. The song uses bass finger tap riffs in the style of "Dmv" from "Pork Soda" but the effects used on the bass (Reverb? Delay? Chorus?) create that sort of brooding sound that could scare you if it wasn't for Les' vocals. The song is very much a long and very twisted jam session with the added dynamic of the story telling vocals.

Track 4 is the best song on the e.p. in my opinion. Bizarrely titled "The Last Superpower aka Rapscallion". I have no idea what it's supposed to be about, but it starts with a nice acoustic guitar line, before Les Claypool's bass produces some very creepy harmonic chimes. Les then goes on to play the bassline that is the main riff of the song. before Tim rolls in and guitarist Larry LaLonde creates some very bizarre but very um... Ler-like sound effects with some lightning quick chorus picks. It sounds like another Primus style pop (couldn't think of another word) song for a while until the song goes into a guitar solo then a short bit of slow rock. Before long, it becomes a thunderous break down and build up of chiming cymbals, tremolo'd and distorted bass and eeree guitars. The rest of the song continues in the pop-like formula of the first sections. Possibly the best Primus song ever.

To be honest, I think the band have outdone themselves with this. It's an original and atmospheric release. Definitly much creepier than their previous albums and e.p's. If you're a hardcore fan, buy this now, become owner of some of Primus' best tracks yet, and have the career-spanning dvd as a bonus. If you're not a great fan of the "We're not sailing anymore!"-era Primus, then perhaps the dvd will still keep you happy.