***Slovenly presents a beast of a sophomore slam from our beloved European juvenile delinquents J.C. SATAN. Hell Death Samba, like their previous opus Sick of Love, is a beautifully morose, sonic ode to the days of wine and dead roses, effortlessly melding goth with garage & heavy psych, filtered through a titanic pile of noise. This latest effort sees more of lyricist PAULA S.'s vocals spotlighted in various structures from cranky twisters to bouncy tropicalia, like a crack pipe full of indy-rock with the devils pulse and a witch's cackle. Tricked out with a wealth of moods from huge punk rave-ups to underwater pop art dreamscapes, we've been simultaneously blessed & cursed with another provocative slab: proof that this demented crew of French and Italian pranksters are no one-trick-poodles.
LP $15.50
10/18/2011
CD $10.25
10/18/2011
***“What better way to celebrate Slovenly’s 100th release than by unleashing the best record you’ll hear this year? We're proud as can be to present this debut long player by J.C. SATAN. This band is made up of three gents hailing from Bordeaux, France, and two girls from Turin, Italy who cosmically collided in Bordeaux and recorded Sick Of Love, 010's lone, true apocalyptic masterpiece. ARTHUR SATAN (MEATARDS), the principal songwriter in the band, was a protege of Looch Vibrato of France’s reknowned acid-punk duo Magnetix, who are no strangers to the process of creating and delivering well crafted skull shattering sounds. Arthur, together with J.C. Satàn’s lyricist PAULA H., have concocted a swirling mix of lyrically abstract songs about morning-after sex in a drug haze and fighting one’s way out of Hell. J.C. Satàn has avoided trends and triteness to develop into a completely mature unit, defining their own style, and have wound up in a league of their own. Musically the melodies have more in common with the darker psych melodies of Can, Os Mutantes, The Beatles, and perhaps even Pink Floyd at their moodiest. Sick of Love transports you, grinning, through a maze of sunshine, nitrous oxide and mushrooms, then crescendos and climaxes into a wall of gorgeous-yet-hateful mid-tempo feedback driven fist shakers a la the Jesus and Mary Chain, reminding you that this is more about just being pretty. It’s also about being ugly and unloved, yet strong enough to to fight against the darkness like...
LP $15.50
10/26/2010
CD $10.65
10/26/2010