I'm so confused. What's the difference between Frank Black and Black Francis? How many licks does it take to get a fat, bald indie legend to make you feel sexy? The world may have just found out.An album of sexually inspired music might seem out of place from the guy who once said that his biggest fear was "losing my penis to a whore with disease". But songs like "O My Tidy Sum" and "Wild One" have a sloppy texas-jazz kind of vibe that is probably as sexy as he'll be able to get.
Don't be misled, these may be different fare from the songs of the Pixes or even the Catholics, but it's not R. Kelly slow jams either. The Gram Parsons cover "Wheels" for example, has a expected Son Volt country dive swagger, with lyrics that I'm attributing to an inexperienced kid praying for better performance.
"Six Legged Man" will be a treat for the all-Pixies-all-the-time crowd (I'm looking at YOU, Dave Dugan), but he also rehashes the previously released "Dead Man's Curve" for reasons unknown.
The awesomely titled- "When I Go Down On You" will leave listeners very disappointed. Too literal, simple and un-ironic to have much value on a Frank record. The title track, though, should probably make it onto a handful of sexy-time college kids' mixtapes. It's mellow minor key piano riff can set a candle lit mood. Even if you really have to know someone well to tell them that you want to be inside them... all the way... everyday.
Nonstoperotik may do it for you if you're attracted to Frank's music in general. But I suspect that there won't be too many seduced by Frank's je ne sais quoi.
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