Lou Toad presides over this lean, mean 17-minute sermon like a back-alley prophet armed with a busted amp and a library card. *Sucka Free: The EP* isn’t just a playlist—it’s a cracked transmission from a world where the absurd is the only currency worth carrying.
We open with **"Losers In A Lost Land"** by Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams—a song that feels like a half-drunk rant scrawled on a dive bar napkin. There’s a certain resignation in the guitars, a knowing smirk behind the lyrics. The losers here aren’t just lost; they’ve built a whole damn town out of their failures and are charging admission.
Then we stagger into **"Trapped in the Playground"** by The Witch Trials. A carnival of dread, where childhood and insanity do a demented waltz. It’s not a song—it’s an abandoned swing set creaking in the wind at midnight. You shouldn’t be here, but you can’t leave.
**"Looking Glass Girl"** by The Glove is the sound of stepping through the mirror and finding yourself in a neon-lit purgatory. Robert Smith’s ghostly handprints are all over this one, a swirl of psychedelia and post-punk dream logic.
Then comes **"Gretel’s Tale"** by Henry Cow—a jagged, labyrinthine thing that doesn’t care if you follow or not. It’s free jazz for the lost souls, a puzzle missing half its pieces. Play this one too loud and the walls might start whispering.
*Sucka Free: The EP* is for those who’ve made peace with the absurd. It won’t save you, but it’ll keep you company while the world burns.
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