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Big Sexy Noise - Big Sexy Noise
Lydia Lunch and Gallon Drunk enjoy a Grinderman moment
New York’s favourite gutter wordsmith hasn’t made a full album since 2004’s Smoke In The Shadows, preferring to concentrate on books, spoken-word and multimedia projects. When musical atmospherics are called for, Lunch is often accompanied by Gallon Drunk’s James Johnston (also a Bad Seed), Terry Edwards and Ian White. Subtlety goes out with the name, however, when the quartet become Big Sexy Noise and whip up a humongous racket, bringing out the beast in Lydia’s ever-pestilent soul, displaying a sense of unfettered malevolent glee similar to whatever’s firing up Grinderman.
The long-player augments their recent six-track vinyl minialbum (including their rancorous version of Lou Reed’s Kill Your Sons) with five new Lunch/ Johnston originals and a steaming cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s That Smell. The group’s cavernous bass lumberings, squalling sax, box-funking drums and roaring Hammond create dense, churning backdrops for Lunch’s cancerous love calls and sandpaper putdowns on tracks such as Your Love Can’t Pay My Rent, God Is A Bullet and Doughboy. Her voice, marinated by years of black outpourings, sometimes recalls a delightful collision between Captain Beefheart and Jayne County, unless Lunch is reaching back to the smoky Fever-style of Bad Boy Bobby. Ultimately, and most importantly, they all sound like they’re having a total blast.
Sartorial | FIT 044 CD
Reviewed by Kris Needs
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