Album Review: The Squirrel Nut Zippers – Lost At Sea

The Squirrel Nut Zippers
Lost At Sea

Release Date: October 27, 2009
Record Label: Southern Broadcasting/MRI

Review:
Recorded live at the Southpaw in Brooklyn, New York in December 2008, Lost At Sea marks The Squirrel Nut Zippers’ return after a nine year break. The album includes some of their strongest material, including “Hell,” Danny Diamond,” “Put A Lid On It,” “Bad Businessman,” “Blue Angel” and more.

The energy and musical wit of the Zippers really comes through on this record. You can hear the tremendous chemistry of the band and the fun they have playing in front of a receptive crowd. That mix translates into an awesome recorded performance. It’s easy to close you eyes and picture yourself as a participant in the show.

Lost At Sea thoroughly whets the appetite for more Zippers music, but we’ll have to wait until 2010 for new material, when the Zippers hope to release a new studio album. It can’t come soon enough.

Track Listing:

1. Memphis Exorcism
2. Good Enough For Grandad
3. It Ain’t You
4. Prince Nez
5. Put A Lid On It
6. Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter
7. Danny Diamond
8. Suits Are Picking Up The Bill
9. My Drag
10. Happens All The Time
11. Bad Businessman
12. Hell
13. Ghost Of Stephen Foster
14. You Are My Radio
15. Blue Angel
16. Do What
17. Missing Link Parade

Links:

www.snzippers.com
www.myspace.com/snzippers