In 1984, some record was released with a guy who hits his drums hard, a singer who just kinda yells, some wicked sounding guitar and a bassist that's all like "I play the bass, do do do, playin' de bassz". That was THIS RECORD.
Or probably some other ones.
There were some other records released then and
OK. ENOUGH OF THAT.
Really, you're here because you know that Yow and Sims would later form the Jesus Lizard, and Sims and Washam would form Rapeman before TJL, and the guitarist did something at some time. So, you gotta go back and hear their old band, and THEY ROCK.
Yow screams and grumbles and stumbles around these songs (sample lyric: "Hey, don't eat my brain/yer eatin' my brain/stop eatin' my brain!!!"). I mean, totes Poet Laurete? I concur! The guitarist here has some crazy riffs up his sleeves. Sims plays the bass like a good boy, and Rey is all like "HIT DRUMS HARD ALWAYS" and even wrote a string part for "Owner's Lament", that while kinda generic, still sounds cool.
As for the JAMZ, you got some rockers and some ZZ Top sounding crap. Like "El Espectro" is just a hard-rockin' FANDANGO! jam. And as much as I like "Lay Screaming", I don't care for the beginning. It just sounds like it's all "DARK EDGY INDUSTRIAL", but the rest of the song rules. "Monsters" is a screech feast that goes FAST FAST YELL!
But, yes, GREAT EP.
OVERALL RATING - Brick House
KEY TRACKS - Mess, Owner's Lament, Cannibal
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