Album Review: Regurgitator's Pogogo Show - The Really Really Really Really Boring Album

Can ‘90s and ‘00s Brissie indie darlings cross over to kids' music? Oh yes they can! Think the best of The Muppets – engaging but not patronising – while also keeping true to the Gurge’s love of quirkiness. Highlights include Games On My Computer (Quan-y goodness), Pillow Fight (just some lovely rock ratbaggery) and The Morning Theme (all the feels all at once – one minute of just pure lovely!).

The album is broken up roughly into the first half of short, sharp tracks for little attention spans, while the second half's songs, for the most part, are slightly longer for bigger kids with bigger messes. Here’s where the lead single The Box makes its appearance, and the wonderful Ghost Cat – a cheeky nod to that mythical creature that makes all the mess in the house instead of its inhabitants, and a fun (and relatable) idea for all ages, all delivered with a ripper drum and guitar bed. The refrain from Mr Butt – "Pull your pants up, Mr Butt! We can see your butt" – is really just a bit of essential life advice if you think about it, and I defy any human alive not to at least sideways smile at the ukulele-delivered truth bomb that is Farting Is A Part Of Life. Best Friends Forever is what might happen when a riot grrrl supergroup has an irony-free sleepover (or maybe with the irony?), while the nonsense of faux samba Corumbo! is Tequila for those on the wagon or those who have to wait 'til after bedtime – think a party song with a big response. 

To end, final track The Robots is just a glorious romp. In lots of ways, this album makes you realise that were it not for some of the not-for-Sesame-Street language, really ALL Regurgitator music could be for kids too. This is a ripper of an album for little units everywhere (geddit?).