Who would have ever imagined that the name of the notorious antidepressant Oxazepam sounds fine as a powerful and catchy rock and roll chorus. It is the art of Jeroen Aalbers alias Jerry Hormone who, on the second album of his band The Jerry Hormone Ego Trip, effortlessly manages to tie modern life with all its inconveniences to filthy punk and rock and roll. Previous album (2016) was especially
… notable for absurd novelty songs such as Cockatoo and Draculina. The songs on Swingt De Pan Uit! are more narrative and are about arrogant girls, sex, wrong career choices or a girlfriend who earns extra money as a prostitute. Aalbers, who is a regular columnist for Nieuwe Revu, can turn out as gross as they are hilarious in his texts. It always does swing out of the pan, with an energetic cheerfulness that makes Oxazepam superfluous. (MR)more