Lydia Lunch - Big Sexy Noise

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5...according to our Ant on Thu 28 May, 2009.

Right what's next then.... Lydia Lunch's 'Big Sexy Noise' with James Johnston, Terry Edwards and Ian White (The Gallon Drunk geezers). This limited mini-album has a "sexy side" and a "noisy side". I hit the sexy one first and it delivers the promise, as this is just pure sleaze rock with guitar squeal and utter filthy vibes. 'Bad for Bobby' evokes a jazz singer in a seedy club singing to a load of wasted men who are putty in the hands of the temptress. The sax just adds to the overall vibe and on 'The Gospel' singer things get even heavier with dirty riffs and Lydia sounding like she'd turn you to stone if you as much caught a glimpse of her. I can imagine her bumping and grinding to the saxophone. She sound's well nasty. Brian reckons this is what the Kills should sound like if they weren't such pussy's. If you're a Gallon Drunk fan or a Lunch lover then I'd say this record of glorious dirge was pretty darn essential as they're all on top form here. Out on Sartorial records.

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It was only a matter of time...Lydia Lunch has collaborated with Terry Edwards, James Johnston and Ian White in a variety of musical guises for the last ten years. From Hangover Hotel and Smoke in the Shadows to the most recent multimedia performances of Real Pornography and The Ghosts of Spain, the three rabble rousers from Gallon Drunk have, in a series of ever morphing configurations, collaborated with Lydia in creating psycho-ambient soundscapes in the service of propelling forth spoken word exorcisms in her decades-long prophecies of societal collapse, moral bankruptcy, and global corruption. Big Sexy Noise is the primaeval bump, grind and holler of White’s thuggish drums, Johnston’s moronic low-tuned riffing and Edwards’ brutal organ and sax interventions led by Lunch’s take-no-prisoners vocals. The four band-written originals are complemented here by Kill Your Sons, a Lou Reed tune that seems tailor-made for Lydia, and The Gospel Singer, a song that has been on the back-burner for a while since Lunch co-wrote it with Kim Gordon during downtime from Sonic Youth. And according to the No Wave Nostradamus herself "It's time to stop complaining, quit your crying and embrace the coming End Times. Let's fucking rock." Rocking continues in selected venues throughout the summer with Big Sexy Noise occasionally supporting themselves with a Teenage Jesus and the Jerks set. Surely the hardest working band in the business...

Tracklisting : Sexy Side - 1. Another Man Comin' (while the bed is still warm) 2. Bad For Bobby 3. The Gospel Singer . Noisy Side - 1. Baby-Faced Killer 2. Kill Your Sons 3. Your Love Don't Pay My Rent

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