Touch and Go Records
The Jesus Lizard - Pure (2023 Remaster / Reissue)
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The
Jesus
Lizard's
first
formal
release,
this
five-song
EP
shows
that
the
engagingly
evil
minds
behind
Scratch
Acid
songs
like
"Mary
Had
a
Little
Drug
Problem"
were
hardly
about
to
change
their
ways,
certainly
not
by
coming
up
with
a
murky,
echoed
beatfest
called
"Happy
Bunny
Goes
Fluff-Fluff
Along."
The
use
of
a
drum
machine
on
this
initial
release
doesn't
actually
hurt
the
group,
if
anything,
it
intensifies
the
brute
punch
of
the
music.
Denison's
freaked-out
sheet-metal-abuse
approach
to
guitar
playing
gets
plenty
of
moments
to
rip
forth;
the
teeth-grinding
squeals
of
songs
like
"Blockbuster"
and
"Rabid
Pigs"
are
hardly
easy
listening.
Yow
oddly
sounds
distanced
and
mysterious
at
many
points,
almost
conversational,
but
more
than
once
he
unleashes
his
ghost-of-Nick
Cave
breathless
howl.
Certainly
the
chorus
on
"Bloody
Mary"
will
have
most
checking
for
bodies
or
monsters
under
the
bed.
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