Ringworm Interiors is the debut album from Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 alternative rock band Circus Devils

Circus Devils

Circus Devils is an American rock band with experimental/ psychedelic styles founded in 2001 by Robert Pollard, former lead singer and songwriter of the Dayton, Ohio band Guided by Voices. Members include Todd Tobias , and Tim Tobias...

. Released in 2001, the album is a psychedelic collage of musical vignettes with moods ranging from aggressive and disorienting to haunting and dreamy.

Members of Circus Devils include Robert Pollard

Robert Pollard

Robert Pollard is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices, who disbanded in 2004, only to reform in 2010...

, founder of the band Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...

, along with producer / musician Todd Tobias

Todd Tobias

Todd Tobias is a record producer and musician/ multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Robert Pollard and his band Guided by Voices. Other projects include Circus Devils, Clouds Forming Crowns, the Sleeptalkers, The Library is on Fire, the Celebrity Pilots, Kramies, Brian Lisik, Slark...

, and guitarist Tim Tobias.

Reception

"A psychedelic boat rides that leads to a poorly lit and wicked place, where even the nursery rhymes of youth become foreboding. Beauty dances with ugliness, much like it does in the work of Roman Polanski and David Lynch, filmmakers who are drawn to the amalgam of good and evil that permeates the real world. Furthering the connection, many of (Todd) Tobias' instrumental beads could be effectively re-scored to works like Twin Peaks and Rosemary's Baby"

- Bart Bealmear / Allmusic.com
"Likely to appeal to music fans interested in extreme rock, or in music which is rooted in rock but which pushes the usual boundaries. This is a psychedelic mindtrip with heavy metal textures melding with non-sequitur lyrics delivered by many means of vocalizing (few of which would be described as "good singing"), and everything's cloaked in more feedback and fuzz than you can imagine. While some of the more direct songs demonstrate that hard rock is at this music's core, this is rock music that's been transformed into something dark and strange. With Ringworm Interiors, my first reaction was to yell "What the hell is this?" and quickly throw it aside. Those who give up too soon, however, miss being taken deep into a unique musical world. It's not a world likely to appeal to mass audiences, but it is an unmistakably distinct one that you won't soon forget."

- Dave Heaton / Erasing Clouds

Track listing

1. "Devilspeak"
2. "Feel Try Fury"
3. "Bufallo Spiders"
4. "North Morning Silver Trip"
5. "Ringworm Interiors"
6. "Spectacle"
7. "You First"
8. "Knifesong"
9. "Kingdom of teeth"
10. "Oil Birds"
11. "Lizard Food"
12. "Not So Fast"
13. "Apparent the Red Angus"
14. "Playhouse Hostage"
15. "Straps Hold Up the Jaw"
16. "Correcto"
17. "Star Peppered Wheat Germ"
18. "Silver Eyeballs"
19. "Decathalon"
20. "Peace needle"
21. "Drill Sgt. Soul"
22. "Protect Thy Interests"
23. "Let's Go Back to Bed"
24. "Sterility Megaplant"
25. "New You"
26. "Circus Devils Theme"

External links

• the Official Circus Devils site
• [ Circus Devils at allmusic.com]