Grimy carnival rock with distorted guitars and a sideshow atmosphere that smells like sawdust and trouble. Have a Bad Day is a 1996 PC point-and-click from The Residents and the soundtrack is pure midway grotesque. "Bad Day On The Midway" sets the tone with this lurching, off-kilter groove.
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"Dagmar, The Dog Woman" is uncomfortably catchy. "The Marvels Of Mayhem" captures that whole dark carnival feeling in one track. Every song sounds like a character monologue set to music. Weird spoken-word energy meets lo-fi 90s PC audio.
Art-rock filtered through a funhouse mirror. "Lottie The Human Log" exists and that's all I need to say about that... For anyone who thinks game soundtracks all sound the same, this will fix that real fast.