Johnny Falloon from Athens, Georgia deliver a musical body horror song in “Circumcision.” It launches with fury and intensity like a post-hardcore noise rock song that fans of Amphetamine Reptile and Touch and Go bands will immediately find resonates with that realm of music well. And in the last third of the song the Jesus Lizard-esque madness gives way to a calm passage that is nearly spoken word as the singer sounds like an even more deranged Jim Morrison going on in fever dream fashion about his foreskin to some odd yet amusing free jazz that fit the subject matter perfectly. The song takes aim at a “health practice” that is very common in the Western world and even a tradition even though it’s not biologically necessary or even advantageous. The song’s lyrics depict the foreskin as a character that becomes a replacement for our narrator in his own life. It’s an absurdist treatment of honestly a curious practice which is probably the only way to treat what for many will be an uncomfortable subject. Listen to “Circumcision” on Spotify and follow Johnny Falloon on Instagram. The band’s new album Tell Hell I’m Not Coming dropped on May 30, 2025.
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