Downtempo rhythms and deep bass paint the background while Orton’s folksy guitar and vocals moan melodies like the first ray of light breaking on the horizon.
Sounds like nothing else Mudhoney has ever done, something apparent with the first droning notes of eight-minute-plus opener “Baby, Can You Dig the Light.”
Son of Evil Reindeer sees the 27-headed monster paying more attention to vocal hooks, cutting back the “lo-fi” gibberish, and coming up with far superior songs.
What Would You Do makes a strong case for Mike Johnson and Mark Lanegan being brothers separated at birth or spiritual siblings or some shit like that.
Contains the first two AntiSeen EPs, Drastic (’85) and E.P. Royalty (’86). Two ultra-rare early records are now readily available: Can’t go wrong buying this.