Longpig And The Femcan’s sophmore effort, ‘Explore Your Inner Pig’, has dropped today and you can almost smell the flesh cooking. The most dangerous band on the web is back and better than ever! More confident and more refined than they were with their debut album, the band brings it, firing on all cylinders. Femcan Lana’s mesmerizing voice is once again the highlight.
Like a Siren, she draws you ever closer, hypnotizing you with her words. As she sings about slitting her pig’s throat, or roasting him on the spit, you can’t help but see the attraction this niche has to offer. It’s dark, and taboo but she makes it sound sexy. Let’s not forget about the rest of the band, however! Femcans Jinx and Alvah, on bass and drums respectively, deliver a moody, driving force of music, building a dark-sounding contrast to Lana’s soothing voice yet reinforcing the dark foundation of the lyrics.
Nameless Pig, the Longpig portion of Longpig and the Femcans, also surprised me with his violent guitar, delivering wailing guitar solos that really complete the whole sound and add a delicious texture to it. LPFC have genuinely succeeded at capturing the allure of this marginalized and often misunderstood subculture.
After listening to this album if you weren’t a femcan or pig, you probably are now! I am thouroughly impressed with this Toronto-based metal band and I’m eager to see what comes next for them as they’ve announced a third album, “Sounder of Swine”, that promises to dive a bit deeper into femcan mythology as opposed to the cooking and preparation that has dominated the first two releases. No matter which side of the fork you are on, you need to be listening to this album. 4.5 out of 5 Stars
By Madtitan
