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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
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I keep finding all these albums produced
by Steve Albini that I didn’t know or didn’t recall were produced
by him. The guy certainly has a sound. And, on this, what amounts
to The Blues Explosion’s first recognizable album, the bizarre
punk noise experiment is underway. Sounding as if Rocket
from the Crypt broke all their equipment, forgot how to
sing but still tried to lay down some tracks anyway, Jon Spencer
seems to have no coherent plan in terms of actually creating
cohesive songs. It’s as if he’s "singing" merely based on feel
and not a lyric sheet. Actually howling is more like what he’s
doing – for 20 tracks! It’s so absurd at times, it almost seems
like a joke. In fact, it may well be. To call this blues would
be like calling the similar-styled Cramps a goth band. Nothing
quite fits and nothing quite gels. It’s difficult to point to
this album and say, "Yeah, that’s an awesome song!" Maybe, that’s
an energetic song, that’s a fun song, that’s a crazy song, but
rarely that’s an awesome song. Honestly, by track 10 it’s time
to rest and regroup for the onslaught for the next 10. |
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