People Who Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World

I like punky folk-rock bands with well written lyrics. I think this niche in musical history started with bands like Violent Femmes and proceeded with Mountain Goats and Cat Power. They produce songs with a certain urgence that it only limited by the acoustic instruments. A feeling that can not be reproduced by a distorted electric guitar, because that sounds all too easy. This particular folk-rock album is also a great one with interesting lyrics. Best songs are "Rejoice", "Bad Bad Things" and "People". The only mistake is the unnecessary "Mrs. Robinson" part in "People II: The Reckoning" (while the rest of that song is not too bad).

I really enjoyed this - had a very strong early-days Modest Mouse feel to me that clicked. And I’m a sucker for a glockenspiel. Good choice!

Somehow have never listened to AJJ before. This is so fun and I love it and once the album finished a similar playlist started and it just kept me so happy I let it play.

A dear friend introduced me to many folk punk artists back in the day (Paul Barbeau, Pat The Bunny’s countless projects, the works). I recall this being a personal discovery though. There’s an inescapable corniness here, but the energy in the performances outweighs it threefold. The essence of a folk punk classic

A freak folk classic, one of those albums that defines a genre following its release. I always appreciate AJJ's breakneck approach to the usual singer-songwriter fare, throwing words and instrumentation together into a chaotic mix that all somehow works together. It's a heady blend that requires active listening, and pushes the bounds of what you'd expect from the typical ho-hum guy with a guitar tracks that seem to be everywhere on the 1001. Great add, cool to see such a small but strong corner of the indie sphere getting some recognition here.

Too bad it was over so fast. It was kinda fun

Better than I thought and had never heard of them before. Neat add.

I love AJJ

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Bad bad things, Bells and whistles, Personal space invader

What a terrible band name

Folk punk, anti-folk, acoustic. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

This felt like if Neutral Milk Hotel made a punk album. The array of instruments, the singer with the average voice and long drawn out notes and the depth in lyricism all match. Except NMH were a bit more conceptual and AJJ was more song to song. It was okay but if I wanted to hear the tambourine and organ with a guitar this wouldn’t be my first choice. 6.0/10

Don't know what to say about this one. Silly?

I can't take this seriously. 2/5.

Fun

Not without its charms, but I find this particular vein of pseudo old-timey, rootless roots music pretty played out, particularly in the vocal style, which was especially monotonous here and too clever by half. Not to be overly harsh though, it was generally good enough fun and didn't overstay its welcome.

A solid collection of songs from freak folk pioneers AJJ. Good songwriting and fun (if often a bit extreme) lyrics, but some pretty rough recordings and a lack of variety (though admittedly the album’s only 25 minutes) that holds it back from its full potential. I think AJJ really nailed their sound a few years later on Knife Man, which is far more confident, exciting, and better produced

It’s different but it’s ok.

Sometimes irreverent, sometimes thought-provoking lyrics.

Trying too hard to be clever. 2 stars.

Ah I’m sure the frontman has something interesting to communicate in his lyrics, but I just couldn’t get past the grating sound of the vocals by around the 4th song. Such an odd thing, to be a singer who can’t actually sing. Cool cover art though.

What was this?! It did feel like a whole album of the same tune, and some questionable lyrics. I’m still confused

A little brash for being "folky".

Meh just couldn’t get past the vocals on this one.