Album Review: Viagra Boys- Welfare Jazz

Welfare Jazz is the second full-length studio album by Swedish Post-Punk Band, Viagra Boys. Viagra Boys have made a name for themselves playing stages around the world. The entire band works together to make the whole greater than the sum. I can't remember when I liked a sax player this much, sounds different than anyone else. I can't get enough of this album. In fact, I've been trying to tie each tune to an influence.  So far I'm sure about Nick Cave, Mark Sandman, Bill Callahan, Iggy Pop, Jon Spencer; but there a few others I'm trying to pinpoint. This is the album Iggy Pop wishes he made. Their notched and bizarre eccentric approach to the rock genre balances dark hilarity and abrupt unpredicted sensation with the kind of menacing edge that is sadly misplaced from the majority of music nowadays. As one of the second album releases of this new year, the Viagra Boys have set the bar high. who received a ton of buzz from their first record street worms in 2018, now their take on post-punk is lyrically satirical a little sludgy sounding, and a little jazz-flavored vibe as well, Their approach to songwriting overall I think leanings in like progressive & psychedelic rock or at least that's kind of a reverberation that it has on me, overall I rate this record 10/10.