Performer Notes

Personnel: Bobby Conn (vocals, various instruments); Sledd (guitar); Monica BouBou (organ); Pearly Sweets (keyboards); Nick Macri (bass); Colby Stark (drums).
Recorded at Soma Studios, Chicago, Illinois in 2003.
Personnel: Bobby Conn (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonium, synthesizer, drum machine, cowbells); Monica BouBou (vocals, violin, viola, strings, melodica, Farfisa); Colby Starck (vocals, drums); Nick Macri (vocals); John Ridenour (guitar, slide guitar, sitar); Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello); Paul Mertens (flute, saxophone); John McEntire (synthesizer, drums, drum machine, tambourine, percussion, bells, sound effects); Juan Carrera (hand claps).
Audio Mixers: John McEntire; Bobby Conn.
Recording information: Soma, Chicago, IL (05/2003-07/2003).
Photographer: Jamie Kalal.
Arranger: Glass Gypsies.
While Bobby Conn's music, from its early punk and prog days, has had a political component, THE HOMELAND, released in 2004 with the Iraq War a year into full bloom, takes the protest to another level. Conn speaks of "fascist parasites," "a gun by every door," guns "brought to set you free," with his usual sense of 1970s pomp, drawing from everyone from Lou Reed to Todd Rundgren to Camel to Chic. THE HOMELAND certainly achieves Sun Ra levels of schizophrenia, but the wild ride is a memorable one, and the commentary and wordplay, if sometimes silly, are more often charged and effective.

Professional Reviews

Q (2/04, p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[I]t's reassuring to run into the real McCoy. Chicago's Bobby Conn is just that..."

Uncut (2/04, p.82) - 4 stars out of 5 - "The saccharine, the glam and glitter remain, but utilising various members of Tortoise and some of Archer Prewitt's orchestral buddies widens the net."

Magnet (2/04, p.93) - "[H]is third record is as schizophrenic as ever, dabbling in octave-scaling hair metal, blaxploitative porno funk and Hendrixian guitar shredding."

The Wire (1/04, p.55) - "[A] volatile mixture of DIAMOND DOGS-style glam stomp, dizzying genre hop, and plastic soul disco pop, plus wacky sound effects and a melodramatic ballad or two..."

Mojo (Publisher) (2/04, p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Conn curdles the pop and slips strychnine in the saccharine..."

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Album: The Homeland
#	Song Title	Time
1)	We Come in Peace
2)	Homeland, The
3)	Laugh Track
4)	We're Taking Over the World
5)	Shopping
6)	Relax
7)	Home Sweet Home
8)	Style I Need, The
9)	Cashing Objections
10)	Doctor & Nurse
11)	Bus No. 243 - (hidden track)
12)	Independence - (hidden track)
13)	My Special Friend - (hidden track)
14)	Ordinary Violence - (hidden track)

Album: The Homeland
#	Song Title	Time
1)	We Come in Peace
2)	Homeland, The
3)	Laugh Track
4)	We're Taking Over the World
5)	Shopping
6)	Relax
7)	Home Sweet Home
8)	Style I Need, The
9)	Cashing Objections
10)	Doctor & Nurse
11)	Bus No. 243 - (hidden track)
12)	Independence - (hidden track)
13)	My Special Friend - (hidden track)
14)	Ordinary Violence - (hidden track)