| ROBERT DIMERY - 1001 ALBUMS: YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE [2008] (PRESS, UK)
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DATE: 15.OCTOBER.2008 |
LABEL: Cassell Illustrated |
ISBN-10: 1844036243 |
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“Now I Got Worry
To follow his avant-garde punk project Pussy Galore,
Jon Spencer celebrated the
power and potency of the blues. With previous albums, critics childed Spencer for
failed to make music consistent with the band’s name. This time, he ensured the
blues was number one.
Few albums open in such a confrontational manner. “Skunk” commences with an incandescent
scream and keeps kicking with Russell Simins’ resonant drums. Spencer’s performance
takes Elvis’ sexuality and gives it a punk inflection. On “Wail”,
he is part Southern
Baptist preacher, part bar room blues brawler. “2Kindsa Love” seesaws between his
screams and Judah Bauer’s discordant rhythm guitar assault.
The attempt to live up to the Blues Explosion
tag was obvious. “Chicken Dog” pays
tribute to Rufus Thomas’s R&B novelties “Walkin’ The Dog” and “Do The Funky
Chicken” - and features Thomas himself on vocals. “We offered him a hundred bucks,”
reported Simins, “and he came straight down…at 78 he’s like the worlds oldest teenager.”
Later, “R.L. Got Soul” continues the band’s efforts to raise awareness of enigmatic
bluesman R.L. Burnside, who they had back on his A Ass Pocket of Whiskey.
Jim Waters and Spencer’s raw production captures the essence of the band’s manic
live show. While the album title might suggest Spencer has something to fear, in
truth it is the listener who is forced to cower”
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