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Album Review: Kaada / Patton - Bacteria Cult

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"When you release as many records as he does, you can't expect all of them to be first round draft picks."

Norwegian composer John Kaada and Mike Patton's second studio album finds the pair wandering through the scorched plains of the Old West.

Bacteria Cult sounds so much like an Ennio Morricone soundtrack; it's hard not to picture the whole orchestra wearing ponchos. "My vocal passages practically sang themselves," Patton has said, which figures as his contributions don't extend beyond a lot of woos and wails. But when you release as many records as he does, you can't expect all of them to be first round draft picks.