Year: 2003
“Mr.
and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were
perfectly normal, thank you very much.”
Back in
2002 a duo of two regularly looking muggles, got a letter from the school of Hogwarts
that they were in fact wizards. Not any type of wizards though, wizards that
ROCK!
The
Degeorge brothers threw a barbecue back at their home in Noorwood Massachusetts,
advertising a concert with several indie bands to show up. However as the
audience showed up, no bands where to be found, so the Degeorge brothers felt
obliged to come up with a bunch of Potter-themed songs in only 2 hours. They
managed to write and perform 7 songs at this magical moment of an American BBQ.
This album,
their debut, works as an alternative soundtrack to the first four entries of
the Harry Potter franchise (John Williams can suck a magic wand!) It is all
presented in that perfect DIY-punk-indie style, that is so ever-representative
of the post-modern society. But really the music just sucks. The vocals of the
Degeorge brothers are more off-pitch than anything, and the melodies and
instrumentation are simplistic to a fault.
But Harry
and the Potters doesn’t not try to win you over with musicianship or
compositions-skills. The true magic of the record is the lyrics, the humor, and
the charmingly amateurish performance. “Fluffy” is 17 seconds of fun, and “Firebolt”
is catchy I suppose.
If you’re a huge fan of spells, brooms, and owls,
please proceed. Otherwise, do not enter the chamber of secrets!
2/5
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