Death - Spiritual - Mental - Physical
When Drag City unearthed the amazing ...For the World to See back in 2009, I fell for it immediately and became an instant fan of a band that had ceased to exist back in 1977. That release collected all of their known recordings and, even though it was brief, it breathed new life into a genre that I found myself grown tired of long ago. It was great to hear a truly exciting, original punk band blow through my head again. Just this month Drag City unveiled another batch of recordings, digging deep in the vaults for a batch of demos. And I think it is very important to emphasize that these are demos, because there isn't a whole ton to get excited about. These are very raw rehearsal tapes that, for the most part, don't really compare to the other material we've already heard. Not to say this is bad stuff, just very thin and pretty obviously the bottom of the barrel - especially considering that almost a third of these are just plain goofin' around tracks (including some fun, but pretty insubstantial, drum and bass solo tracks). There are a few good tracks, particularly the fiery "Views" (which comes closest to sounding like their other stuff) and the tremendously playful Beatles homage of "The Masks". Ultimately this is a interesting historical document, but nothing to get excited over. If you haven't been exposed to these guys, don't start here. Run, don't walk, RUN to your favorite music buying platform and buy/get/download ...For the Whole World To See, then come back to this one.
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