Slug (Part 2)
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Hambone City / King of Ghosts 7″
Sympathy for the Record Industry, 1993
“Streetsweeper” from split 7″ with Unsane
PCP Recordings, 1992
“Borax” from Jabberjaw Compilation 7″ No. 1
Mammoth Records, 1994
Here’s some Slug odds and ends, prompted for you dear reader, by a comment left by this noise-addicted scion of good taste. See how that works? Leave a little feedback and who knows, I might just throw some more pounding tunes your way. Anyhow, here’s a few more tracks from the almighty Slug, each in the focused, rocking style that all of their singles highlight — a Slug singles collection, if you will. If you dig what you hear here, I encourage you to find one of their LPs because Slug, starting from their first 10″ release Swingers, always had a knack for weirdness and the unexpected which you don’t necessarily find with these singles tracks. Without time constraints, Slug playfully tweaks noise rock formulas with wild experimentation and spacious expanses of dub soundscapes, especially on their later releases. They were never content to simply pump out noisy slabs low end pummeling, making them one of the more interesting and art-damaged groups in this genre. Stay tuned for Part 3 of the Slug singles saga for the first 7″ release on Magnatone records…
DOWNLOAD:
Slug – “Hambone City”
Slug – “King of Ghosts”
Slug – “Streetsweeper” (Unsane)
from split 7″ with Unsane
Slug – “Borax”
from Jabberjaw Compilation 7″ No. 1