ROCK • A • RAMA
84 ROOMS (Rackit):: You want goofball eclecticism? The keyboard/guitar duo of Steve Hilton and Tracy Santa manage, on this rousing little EP, to artfully spoof everything from Hot Rats era Zappa (“Camelboots”) to empty brainpan rockabilly (“Cast Iron Arm”) to fresh-faced British Invasion poppiness (the-fifty-hooks-to-the-bar “Ask Any Girl”), and they even manage a belated followup to the Doors’ “Love Street” with the oompahing Music-to-Crave-Girls-By “Candystore.”
November 1, 1983