The Klingonz Unmakeupable Review
The Klingonz
Unmakeupable
Wreckin Bones Records
2024
If you thought The Klingonz were gonna mellow out or fade into nostalgia, you clearly haven’t been paying attention. 2024’s release entitled, “Unmakeupable” is a flaming wreck of Psychobilly chaos, a record that spits, grins, and bleeds all over your speakers like a band that still has something nasty to prove. After decades of twisting the genre inside out, The Klingonz are still swinging from the rafters with switchblades in their teeth.
From the opening track, it’s all neon sleaze and atomic energy. The guitars sound like they’re being fed through a haunted radio tower, the bass rumbles like a dragster about to explode, and the drums, man, they don’t play with the beat, they beat it senseless. The production is raw and alive, none of that sterilized compression you hear from younger acts trying to fake it. This is the real thing - sweat, scuzz, and spirit.
Vocally, it’s exactly what you want from The Klingonz: half growl, half sneer and all attitude. There’s a sense of theatrical madness under every line, a cartoon Punk aggression that feels like it could either make you laugh or tear your head off depending on the volume. Lyrically, they’re still dancing between Horror humor, trash culture, and defiant weirdness, their sweet spot since day one.
Tracks like title track “Klownarchy” and “False Fuckers” sound like they were recorded during a bar fight, while slower moments if we can call them that - “Fugly Corpse” and “Stone Killer” pulse with a grimy kind of swagger that’s all their own. The energy never dips, and by the end, you’re either exhausted or reaching for the play button again.
“Unmakeupable” isn’t about reinvention, it’s more about reaffirmation. It’s proof that Psychobilly bands like Klingonz don’t have to age gracefully; they just have to stay dangerous. And The Klingonz are still unhinged, filthy, and completely out of their fucking minds!