Officially considered a solo outing from Danny Elfman, 1984's So-Lo is really the 4th Oingo Boingo album in disguise seeing as all the band members play on the album. Due to legalities between changing record labels, Elfman & the Boingos were unable to use the band name when they first moved to MCA records.
It's not entirely implausible, listening to the extreme change in musical styles from Boingo's previous records. Focusing more on a down tempo synth-pop sound rather than the abrasive punked-up guitar sound of their earlier works. It's sparks up some interesting ideas musically & lyrically but Elfman doesn't seem to know how to keep the new sound interesting like he would on the future Boingo albums.
2 missing cannibalistic monologues out of 5
Songs Of Note: Gratitude; It Only Makes Me Laugh
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