The sixth album from The Kevins, Tilt-A-World, was released in 2006.

Tilt-A-World is a bit of a grab-bag for The Kevins. The songs were mainly overruns from the previous two albums; the five new tunes from the band were all instrumentals, indicating either A) a dearth of lyrical ideas or B) exhaustion with the concept of The Kevins, or C) all of the above.

Yet the band was still exploring new sonic fields, relying on favorite songs from the evergreen catalogue of ace tunesmith Andrew Bergey and a brace of cover tunes (Husker Du, Devo and The Banana Splits).

Pure bubblegum pop instincts ignite Hangin' Howard, I Enjoy Being A Boy and (of course) Theme For A Bubblegum Web Page. A more spare acoustic jangle underpins Mongoloid and She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man). And the A. Bergey comic-grotesque Green Day positively cooks with its odd structure, quiet/blowtorch intensity and galloping drums.

Among the instrumentals, Tilt-A-World captures a woozy, too loud/too fast vibe, Downstairs Lounge lurches toward faux-cabaret territory, and Take Another Walk ends the collection with a trippy stroll.

And mention must be made of former Rank Amateur Andrew Bergey's vocal turn on a remake of his tune The Great Display - an unexpected Rank reunion made possible by the miracle of digital recording.

The Kevins took an extended hiatus following the release of Tilt-A-World. It was left to fellow outside music traveler Dave Allen to pull the band out of semi-retirement in 2009, as work began on what ultimately became Dave Allen & The Kevins (2010), also available on this site.