Formats
SB124 - LP
SB124CD - CD
655030112423
Details
Steady on, April is gearing up to be the Heavy Hitting month of the year so far: A new lp from Eat Skull?? oh yes...one of our fave LPs from last year was their record on Siltbreeze...Eat Skull's Sick to Death received worldwide accolades for its frantic pacing, unimpeachable lyric quality, and nugget after nugget of pop hooks buried under a gob of lo-fi muzz. On this follow-up, fans and critics will find a cleaner, more inimitable Eat Skull at work. Frontman Rob Enbom has outdone himself with both lyrics and structure on Wild and Inside, and the band as a whole rises to the challenge of nixing the lo-fi tag for a sound that's less... antecedent. Gone is the wall of crud that prevents discerning listeners from identifying the instrumental play-by-play; in its stead, a set of crafted songs recall the paisley punk of The Last and the rural-delica of Great Plains, as well as nodding to the sanguine pop of early Flying Nun bands such as The Double Happys. Wild and Inside is a grower for the ages. It breathes deep and exhales perfectly. Look for Eat Skull at this year's SXSW and trekking the world over throughout 2009. This is primo scuzz of the highest order, none of that limpwristed NME favoured crud, this does the job. Lo-fi wall-of-crud sound replaced by a set of crafted tunes that take influence from the Paisley Underground, Midwestern psychedelica, and the early Flying Nun roster.
Tracks
1. Stick to the Formula
2. Cooking a Way To Be Happy
3. Heaven?s Stranger
4. You?re with a Thing
5. Nuke Mecca
6. Who?s in Control?
7. Killed by Rooms
8. Happy Submarine
9. Talkin? Bro in the Wall Blues
10. Surfing the Stairs
11. Dawn in the Face
12. Oregon Dreaming
Press
?On their first album Sick to Death, the Portland, Ore.,
band Eat Skull mashes together almost everything that?s
great about trashy art-punk, weirdo fuzz-garage, skuzzy
punk-pop, Kiwi garage-rock and off-kilter bedroom-strum.
...once your ears adjust, you realize that it?s all killer, no
filler.? ?Pitchfork (8.3 rating)