CHARLIE MEGIRA & "THE BET SHE' AN VALLEY HILLBILLIES - Boom Chaka Boom Boom (Reissue) - LP - Vinyl

LP - Black Vinyl.  

Charlie Megira’s self-reflexive final album found him far from his Beth She’an Valley home, but surrounded by a new cast of Hillbillies. After spending 15 years toying with goth, sound collage, grunge, and dark wave, Megira returned to his surf noir roots, a perfect bookend to a largely misunderstood career. Issued digitally in 2015 via Bandcamp, Boom Chaka Boom Boom is a sprawling mix of plunking country blues, Black Lodge terror, ambient montages, and noodling spaghetti western. Familiar hits like “At The Rasco” and “The Death Dance of the Busty Lifeguard” are revisited and reimagined as bongo-driven beatnik anthems. “We gave all we had to love,” he sings on “Smile Now Cry Later.” “We thought, nothing better to do.” A fitting end to a brilliant discography.

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. Turn Around
2. Oops!
3. Haven’t The Poor People Suffered Enough
4. Bring Me The Head Of The Deckhand Boy
5. A Whole Lot Of Nothing But The Blues
6. Dunkel Party

Side B
1. Smile Now, Cry Later
2. The Death Dance Of The Busty Hot Lifeguard Instructor Babe
3. At The Rasco
4. Schmücke Dih O Liebe Seele