MR. BUNGLE 'CALIFORNIA' 2LP (Translucent Ruby Vinyl)

1999’s California would stand as Mr. Bungle’s swan song for over two decades, and the band went out in style. As usual, Mike Patton and Co. threw genres into a blender — Hawaiian music, psychobilly, surf rock, Spaghetti Western, exotica, kecak, electro-funk, thrash metal, the list goes on — but the result this time was way more palatable and poppy. Indeed, Bungle reached peak commercial viability with California’s feverish, tingly lullaby “Retrovertigo” and doo-wop heartbreaker “Pink Cigarette.” Still, this is for the freaks.