Lynch my black lips, Asmodeus.
No more teenage textbook-isms, i have the whole of 2008 to celebrate 10 years of the illusion that JC life is about love, life and slacking before the promos. I hope everyone else who wants the album get it, and please say thanks if u did.
Some album thoughts here instead.
I went to border’s a few days ago to pick up David lynch’s first book which reveals all the behind the scene anecdotes and yes, transcendental meditation. I loved inland empire really, feels like watching the entire original star wars trilogy with the DVD player set to playing random scenes. The narrative is really so sublime, not a artsy Chance way but in an Ornette coleman/ trout mask replica way, and honestly i think its his best. In case you’re wondering, no im not the type to say “oh this is so german” or “this is so blha blah” i am not a film buff or worse a “indie” film buff who thinks that Harmony Korine’s Gummo is good because its so “different”.
Ok. i picked up two CDs as well.
Black lips are not like Black Sabbath, Black Francis (maybe the obvious infatuation with Tijuana both lyrically and musically), Black Flag and all the other bands that tag the awesome colour “black” to their names. They sound basically like Mister Lester bangs wished the beatles sounded like, all snotty, pre fashion punk, all drunk and with moustaches. Hunter S thompson would have loved to watch this band life as well. Ive read in a few places that this band has been compared to the likes of the Strokes in that dumb, garage band revivalist oh and i love the velvet underground thing. I swear in this album i hear the paranoia of Electric prunes’ big banana hoax, The stooges’ alcohol intake and the beatles’ putting on their leather jackets for this show, all in the face of Love’s Forever changes. By the time u reach finish listening to Sea of Blasphemy, you hear the band reach an interval that curcial breather after the first three songs that makes the impression, and that amazing lift off into SONG no.THREE and you’re saying your head. “FUCK! this band is really WHAT IT IS!!”. Sigh.. this is a wonderful album, i admit that i still listen to the older Brian jonestown massacre albums like TAke it from the man, but its refreshin to know that this black lips album is out in stores!!!!#@@!#
Shit man this album realllyyy rocks.
I wonder what the bomp dudes think about this album.
I actually bought chris whitley’s soft dangerous shores, havent hear it much yet. On first listen it sounds like a good electronic cross blues thing, and it contains the best blues slide guitar that ive heard in a long time.
I also found this. Thanks god for Border’s Jazz section that jazz poseurs for me can find something to drool on, and its right beside other straight jazz dudes. Marc ribot’s Asmodeus is fucking ripping. Here Ribot and the other Tzadik veteran Trevor Dunn, along with Calvin Weston plow through songs from the Masada song book. Last time i heard Ribot’s searing guitar tone was on Electric Masada, its a wetdream for me now with him leading a band through some of the freshest sounding jazz toons. Its a very intense album, unrelenting sub-metal drilldozer expressing its way into your fucking skull (ok not in a Merzbow way, more in a jimi hendrix/ sonny sharrock/ john mclaughlin way. Basically you wont be thinking much about those guys when you’re listening anyway. haha). The last great jazz purchase was Atavista label’s (((powerhouse sound)))’s oslo/chigaco breaks with ken vandermark leading. Sigh find a copy of this album and if u cant u know who to ask : )
Ok next time.
Cant wait for the new Daysleepers album. really can’t wait. the tracks on their purevolume site from the new album are killer.
http://www.purevolume.com/thedaysleepers
