It's a fun departure from traditional ('traditional'?) Ween, but can be seen as either unfunny or too long. The track itself seems to parody dance tracks complete with synthetic keyboard solos, spacey aesthetics, and counting to four in German. Instead, leeway is given to European DJ Reinhard Raith to do basically everything except the vocals. It begins with the song 'Friends', an oddity not only because of its roots in dance/electronica coming from Ween makes as much sense as Amy Winehouse checking into detox (that joke took too long to think of), but because neither of the Ween's play instruments on the track.

So far in 2007, the band has announced a short east coast tour, and new live material one to be a full length released in the Fall, and this, The Friends EP. Both of these items are nice and have some quality stuff on them, but neither are a substitute for new material. You would have to go back to 2003 to hear the most recent new music from their beloved Ween, an album which has since been followed up by a live CD/DVD and a collection of remastered b-sides. It may not seem like it, but the followers of the Boognish have anticipated 2007 like no other. Review Summary: The Friends EP can be seen as both a limited misstep and as an effective teaser for their later due full length.

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