This disc is not only exciting, it is singable, listenable, and crammed with dirty secrets to clog your mind’s jewelry box, like jewels crusted in garbage.
I usually expect Alec Empire to set a drum machine to its fastest tempo and distort the hell out of it before chanting anarchic lyrics into a shitty mic.
Sounding like later Dinosaur Jr. and the quiet moments of Superchunk, Pinehurst Kids are so enjoyably textbook indiepop that everyone will surely love them.
Tho’ by now an institution, Pigface has always stayed a step to the side of the Industrial Nation, putting out combinations of annoyance and funky beats.
Heavier still than Screaming…, even if the production was more synthetic and drummer Dave Holland seemed even less necessary as a paid member of the band.
Two new songs, a sampling of all the solo records, and a shitload of unreleased tracks/outtakes that illustrate this man’s ability to stretch the metal genre.