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Another chunk of
Atavistic
's long-overdue retrospective of
Lydia Lunch
's highly influential early work,
8 Eyed Spy
collects the entire recorded output of
Lunch
's second band. A far more overtly "musical" group than
Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
(which also featured
and
Jim Sclavunos
, who switched from bass to drums for the new band),
were no less confrontational. A modicum of actual talent and a newfound appreciation for musical forms that predate 1977 inform
's slightly less chaotic music, making this compilation sort of the downtown
post-punk
equivalent to
Trout Mask Replica
. Indeed, the album kicks off with a peculiarly effective deconstruction of
Captain Beefheart
's early single
"Diddy Wah Diddy,"
joining tracks by
the Strangeloves
Creedence Clearwater Revival
alongside the powerful originals led by
's harsh but urgent vocals and
Pat Irwin
's honk-blat-phwee saxophone. The live half of the album suffers from the same kind of beyond-
lo-fi
sound issues as
, but this is in all other ways a tremendous step up. Unfortunately,
broke up after barely a year when bassist
George Scott
died, and they were never able to fulfill the promise of these early recordings. ~ Stewart Mason
Atavistic
's long-overdue retrospective of
Lydia Lunch
's highly influential early work,
8 Eyed Spy
collects the entire recorded output of
Lunch
's second band. A far more overtly "musical" group than
Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
(which also featured
and
Jim Sclavunos
, who switched from bass to drums for the new band),
were no less confrontational. A modicum of actual talent and a newfound appreciation for musical forms that predate 1977 inform
's slightly less chaotic music, making this compilation sort of the downtown
post-punk
equivalent to
Trout Mask Replica
. Indeed, the album kicks off with a peculiarly effective deconstruction of
Captain Beefheart
's early single
"Diddy Wah Diddy,"
joining tracks by
the Strangeloves
Creedence Clearwater Revival
alongside the powerful originals led by
's harsh but urgent vocals and
Pat Irwin
's honk-blat-phwee saxophone. The live half of the album suffers from the same kind of beyond-
lo-fi
sound issues as
, but this is in all other ways a tremendous step up. Unfortunately,
broke up after barely a year when bassist
George Scott
died, and they were never able to fulfill the promise of these early recordings. ~ Stewart Mason
Another chunk of
Atavistic
's long-overdue retrospective of
Lydia Lunch
's highly influential early work,
8 Eyed Spy
collects the entire recorded output of
Lunch
's second band. A far more overtly "musical" group than
Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
(which also featured
and
Jim Sclavunos
, who switched from bass to drums for the new band),
were no less confrontational. A modicum of actual talent and a newfound appreciation for musical forms that predate 1977 inform
's slightly less chaotic music, making this compilation sort of the downtown
post-punk
equivalent to
Trout Mask Replica
. Indeed, the album kicks off with a peculiarly effective deconstruction of
Captain Beefheart
's early single
"Diddy Wah Diddy,"
joining tracks by
the Strangeloves
Creedence Clearwater Revival
alongside the powerful originals led by
's harsh but urgent vocals and
Pat Irwin
's honk-blat-phwee saxophone. The live half of the album suffers from the same kind of beyond-
lo-fi
sound issues as
, but this is in all other ways a tremendous step up. Unfortunately,
broke up after barely a year when bassist
George Scott
died, and they were never able to fulfill the promise of these early recordings. ~ Stewart Mason
Atavistic
's long-overdue retrospective of
Lydia Lunch
's highly influential early work,
8 Eyed Spy
collects the entire recorded output of
Lunch
's second band. A far more overtly "musical" group than
Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
(which also featured
and
Jim Sclavunos
, who switched from bass to drums for the new band),
were no less confrontational. A modicum of actual talent and a newfound appreciation for musical forms that predate 1977 inform
's slightly less chaotic music, making this compilation sort of the downtown
post-punk
equivalent to
Trout Mask Replica
. Indeed, the album kicks off with a peculiarly effective deconstruction of
Captain Beefheart
's early single
"Diddy Wah Diddy,"
joining tracks by
the Strangeloves
Creedence Clearwater Revival
alongside the powerful originals led by
's harsh but urgent vocals and
Pat Irwin
's honk-blat-phwee saxophone. The live half of the album suffers from the same kind of beyond-
lo-fi
sound issues as
, but this is in all other ways a tremendous step up. Unfortunately,
broke up after barely a year when bassist
George Scott
died, and they were never able to fulfill the promise of these early recordings. ~ Stewart Mason
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