Opening with the driving,
Rose Tattoo-ish anthem "Rain Gauge,"
Palomino Pizza, the Cosmic Psychos' third album with Amphetamine Reptile Records, is an excellent taste of the album which would follow, Self-Totaled.
Palomino Pizza is a humorous, up-tempo, straightforward rock EP that borrows as much from other, earlier Aussie bands as it does U.S. garage rock outfits like the MC5 and
the Stooges. Simple, direct, to the point, and a little twisted: those are the qualities that make for a good
Cosmic Psychos album. This is just such a recording. The album closer, "Most People I Know (Think I'm Crazy)" begins as a Small Faces-like acoustic pub rocker before the amps are thrown on midway through. It's an excellent summation of this band's attitude and delivery. Nothing too serious, but certainly nothing wimpy. ~ Patrick Kennedy