Why that name, you ask? According to frontman, Quan, the title for the bands upcoming LP was chosen as “it seems upbeat and naïve, with a lining of playful sarcasm which we thought might neatly represent the overall zeitgeist of the band’s career. Or maybe it’s because if you rearrange the letters you get… ‘Stuffed nappy usher penis rim’. No, I really have no idea.”
Well, if his musical career wasn’t such a success, I think comedy could be the frontmans next calling.
With their first single off the record, One Day, getting much radio and online success, other new tracks such as All Fake Everything have also provoked some great feedback.
Shacked up in their Melbourne surroundings and pieced together in the midst of a creative blizzard, it seems that the concept of this album was not without value as it afforded the more focused structure and disciplined approach that the band needed. This time around, there was no giant bubble and public viewing of the creative process involved.
Speaking about the recording process of this album in comparison to past efforts, Quan reflects about what changed this time around: “Whilst producing the record we disallowed the use of any technical words commonly associated with music like ‘bass, top end, warmth, loud, nice compression, boom, sweet gate, sexy, magnificent…’ etc. So for example, if Ben felt the need to request a change to where the bass guitar track might be sitting in the mix, he was forced to say something like ‘Could we perhaps massage the crotch of the ditch a little?’”
Yep, he’s a funny guy.
All jokes aside, however, the band have worked hard to mould, shape, alter and create the masterpiece that is SuperHappyFunTimesFriends. And if you don’t believe that they’re hard workers, well, their 1997 album Unit recently got #13 on Triple J’s Hottest 100 Australian Albums Of All Time, so they have to be doing something right.
