by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief

Fans of nerdcore hiphop, fans of bedtime stories, and fans of  Bill Sienkiewicz (New Mutants, Elektra Assassin) are all in for a treat. Check out the cover art for MC Frontalot‘s new album Question Bedtime, on sale starting August 26th 2014:

More regarding the new album and the tour is bound to follow, but here’s the quick review: Question Bedtime is a thematic album that takes classic fairy tales and gives them a clever spin through the mind and music of MC Frontalot (and friends). This is not so much an homage to children’s literature; Question Bedtime is a challenge to the stories we grew up with. The press release describes Question Bedtime as “meant for the entire family” but parents of littles might want to listen to all the tracks first. While some songs will be safe to add to the minivan rotation (most notably the catchy and repetitive “Much Chubbier” about Three Billy Goats Gruff), “our babysitter Frontalot” isn’t going get the go ahead in grandma’s grocery-getter and probably isn’t entirely safe for little kids who are in that delightful repeat-everything-they-hear phase.

In the official press release, Front gives his perspective:

“Will this album succeed in becoming, eventually, the sentimental claptrap recalled dearly by the generation at hand? I’ve tried to record something that would fascinate the 11-year-old me. I hope that I would have recognized the clues in the narratives and labored to follow them, looked up the difficult words and annoyed adults by attempting them in my vocabulary. I think I would have looked back on the album over the course of my schooling, and discovered that I understood more and more of it, the way I did with Alice In Wonderland’s puzzle poems or The Muppet Show’s more mature jokes.”

“Maybe this is in some way a nerdcore record, because it was seeded by my time reading fairy tales in my middle school library. Maybe because we still read similar stories aloud to children, it is in some way a children’s record. But it is definitely a record aimed at a certain kind of inquisitive and enchantable mind, regardless of age or identity. I hope it finds them and connects with them.”

While we’re at it, check out the back cover for that additional art and the track list:

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