Revenant
General
| Jul 1999
Reviews
Hannah Mae
Reviewed 2002-10-17
Reviewed 2002-10-17
Rock, blues, classical guitar, skronk, and dissonance, sometimes all at once. Demo tapes and assorted rarities from the perennial "most underrated" influential art-rock-whatever band - if you've never heard em, this may not be any of their classic records but it isn't a bad place to start, either.
1* - catchy witch doctor rock
2* - raspy, quickstep waltz blues
3* - bassy lo-fi slinky strum
4* - slow rev-up into slidy stomp
6* - dirty twang
7 - skronky horns and twangy guitar -> quiet vague conversation
9 - repetetive twang
10 - multiguitar avant dancy poptune
12 - swirly jagged guitar patters w/an almost jazz structure
13* - twittering sax and lots of bashing
14- xylophone, guitar, hoarse shouting - ends abruptly
16* - short, a cappella, recorded over the phone - blues moan
17* - lo-fi psychedelic harmonica blooz
18 - classical electric guitar, live, short
19 - solo harmonica w/a little talking intro & laugh at end - short
20 - solo vox - weird compression at times - short
21 - bluesy stomp w/harmonica
22 - spoken intro, chimey guitars, opaque lyrics and growly vox
24 - fuzzy piano, short
25 - slightly off-kilter classicalish elec. guitar
1* - catchy witch doctor rock
2* - raspy, quickstep waltz blues
3* - bassy lo-fi slinky strum
4* - slow rev-up into slidy stomp
6* - dirty twang
7 - skronky horns and twangy guitar -> quiet vague conversation
9 - repetetive twang
10 - multiguitar avant dancy poptune
12 - swirly jagged guitar patters w/an almost jazz structure
13* - twittering sax and lots of bashing
14- xylophone, guitar, hoarse shouting - ends abruptly
16* - short, a cappella, recorded over the phone - blues moan
17* - lo-fi psychedelic harmonica blooz
18 - classical electric guitar, live, short
19 - solo harmonica w/a little talking intro & laugh at end - short
20 - solo vox - weird compression at times - short
21 - bluesy stomp w/harmonica
22 - spoken intro, chimey guitars, opaque lyrics and growly vox
24 - fuzzy piano, short
25 - slightly off-kilter classicalish elec. guitar
Recent airplay
Electricity
Oh Messy Life — Apr 21, 2023
Plastic Factory
Mix Tape — Feb 03, 2015
Vampire Suite
Phononyms - The Vampire Special — Mar 11, 2010
Hair Pig Bake 1
Living Souls [Tribute to L.A.] — Nov 29, 2007
Here I Am I Always Am
Brownian Motion — Jul 07, 2004
Here I Am I Always Am
Eighteen Seconds Before Sunrise — Aug 23, 2001
Track listing
| 1. | Obeah Man | ||
| 2. | Just Got Back From the City | ||
| 3. | Here I Am I Always Am | ||
| 4. | Plastic Factory | ||
| 5. | Electricity | ||
| 6. | Sure Nuff N Yes I Do | ||
| 7. | Hair Pig Bake 1 | ||
| 8. | Hobo Chang Ba | ||
| 9. | Old Fart at Play | ||
| 10. | Pachuco Cadaver | ||
| 11. | Sugar N Spikes | ||
| 12. | My Human Gets Me Blues | ||
| 13. | When Big Joan Sets Up | ||
| 14. | Woe Is Uh Me Bop | ||
| 15. | Bellerin Plain | ||
| 16. | Black Snake Moan | ||
| 17. | Grow Fins | ||
| 18. | One Red Rose that I Mean | ||
| 19. | Harp Boogie 2 | ||
| 20. | Natchez Burning | ||
| 21. | Click Clack | ||
| 22. | Orange Claw Hammer | ||
| 23. | Vampire Suite | ||
| 24. | Evening Bell | ||
| 25. | Evening Bell | ||
| 26. | Flavor Bud Living |