Friday 10 August 2007

THE JESUS LIZARD – WHEELCHAIR EPIDEMIC (TOUCH AND GO)


THE JESUS LIZARD – WHEELCHAIR EPIDEMIC (TOUCH AND GO)

Actually a cover version of a song originally by Texan band The Dicks this is a swift and jagged song that The Jesus Lizard make their own, not sounding in the least bit like a cover version.

When the song reaches the chorus the aching barks that Yow delivers sounds akin to a redneck saluting his god crossed with lodging punch into the brain of a scumbag.

On the reverse comes the lurching “Dancing Naked Ladies” which is no less menacing and possessing more explicitly aggressive gestures housed in a tightly wound composition that appears to have its own safety alarm in the middle for when things get too hot.

You can probably guess from the song title alone what kind of attitude and set of intentions a track named “Dancing Naked Ladies” is going to house. As ever a dark sense of humour is best applied to the violent and sexist images being conjured up at taste’s expense.

For me The Jesus Lizard conjures up many of the worst things in life, it forces me to recall dimly lit drunken evenings spent in scary surroundings that were lucky not to end in bloodshed and hate crimes. Much like Yow’s role from “Walls In The City” in a lot of ways this is the music equivalent of a Charles Bukowski book.

This was the way forward.

Thesaurus moment: spasmodic.

The Jesus Lizard
Touch And Go

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