Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers

Distasteful, Shocking But Just A Bit Boring Too

'Songs For Our Mothers' is the second album by South London's ever controversial, Fat White Family, a band who have made a name for themselves by whipping their cocks out onstage, calling Lee Oswald (Martin Luther King Jr's assassin)  a "Good Man" in one of their songs and, more recently, threatening to join ISIS if Mac DeMarco kept making music. Shenanigans aside, the Fat Whites make some great music too. Their previous album 'Champagne Holocaust' is a record that creates a magnificent yet satirical sound that keeps you hooked for its duration, all the while touching on subject that are, needless to say, shocking, 'Cream Of The Young' in particular, is about oral sex via a 15 year old girl (need I say more).

'Songs For Our Mothers' sees the group drop the satire a little, and swap the blatant controversy for distasteful remarks of the political and fascist kind. Final track on the album 'Goodbye Goebbels' glamorizes the suicide of Hitler and has lyrics that show the sense of achievement for the holocaust from a Nazi standpoint. 'Satisfied', a very dark, 80's style, synth track is about receiving oral sex from Holocaust survivor Primo Levi.

Nazi controversy aside, the album does have its great moments. Lead single "Whitest Boy On The Beach" is a homage to German Techno featuring the finest vocals on the album from Lias Sauodi. The dirty, Marylin Manson-esqe vibes on 'Satisfied' offer a satisfying chill and 'Hits Hits Hits' is a track with haunting lyrics accompanied by Sleaford Mods-like instrumentals. 

The one problem with this is album is the lack of songs with musical depth. What made 'Champagne Holocaust' so amazing was the Fat Whites' ability to create a diverse range of sounds, but there isn't much difference between tracks in this latest record, there's nothing that resembles 'Auto Neutron' or 'Is It Raining In Your Mouth?'. This ultimately does make the album drag on near the end and seem rather boring.  

The Fat White Family have managed to remain their distasteful self and show their true colors on this album, but can still sound pretty good while doing so. 

6/10

INDIE ROCK / ALTERNATIVE

FAV TRACKS: Whitest Boy On The Beach - Satisfied - Hits Hits Hits
LEAST FAV TRACKS: Tinfoil Deathstar - We Must Learn To Rise - Duce