Compilation:
Breakdown:
- 4 song demo
- 3 of those songs done up proper-wise in the studio
- 6 song proper-proper followup
Observations:
- i love me some raw power, but the produced versions are just flat-out better. Look no further than those clean guitars and backing vocals on Life of Crime. That's just better; punk ramshackle be damned. These guys were never quite nuts enough to get by on pure viscera, too much talent, too much eye for melody to hold back.
- to wit -- the six songs off [Who? What? When? Where? Why] are where its at. At 1979, this is way ahead of the curve, ahead of basically everybody other than the Buzzcocks at just being good goddamn fun. Still snotty, still pissed, but packed with hooks, dynamics, rockabilly jaunt, all kinds of delightfully despicable concessions to being good to actually listen to, pure Pixies progenitors.
The pop//punk contradiction goes on forever, but this's gold to a particular sect of believers 4/5
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