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Alan Vega - Station
Ferocious urban nightmare from Suicide’s original Ghost Rider
Suicide will soon mark 30 years since the release of their classic debut album, but Alan Vega dons crash helmet rather than party hat for his latest solo album with partner Liz Lamere, a work of erupting psychosis and staggering brutality. Inner rage against society has burned in Vega since he unleashed Frankie Teardrop 30 years ago, and it was still searing on Suicide’s 2003 album American Supreme. The current state of the world has sent him into some kind of apoplectic meltdown, resulting in the harshest and most compelling inner city soundtrack to emerge for years. It transcends trends and genres to make a bold, often terrifying statement. If anger is an energy, Vega could light up New York City for a week.
Against near-industrial toxic backdrops underpinned by brutal drum machines and juddering bass pulses, Vega rails and snarls on titles such as 13 Crosses 16 Blazin’ Skulls and Warrior Fight For Ya Life. Psychopathia is truly bloodcurdling, while Crime Street Cree sees him howling “I’m way too young to die” through gritted teeth. Swaztika Eyes might share a title with Primal Scream, but is a crashing vehicle for Vega’s own message of “the slaughter goes on”. While it does, he’ll be our most extreme commentator.
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Reviewed by Kris Needs
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