HARRY PUSSY - YOU'LL NEVER PLAY THIS TOWN AGAIN (LOAD 121)

IN 2020 BILL ORCUTT IS SOMETHING OF A VENERABLE FIGURE OF AVANT GUITAR. MY OWN SAINTED PARTNER EVEN SAW HIM AT SOME REVERENTIAL FESTIVAL IN EUROPE AND PICKED UP AN LP OF HIS AND WHADDYA KNOW IT IS REALLY GOOD (SIX-STRING ACOUSTIC STUFF MOSTLY). WHY AM I SAYING THIS? WELL BECAUSE TO MY EARS WHEN I FIRST HEARD HARRY PUSSY IN APPROXIMATELY 2002 (RIP LAUNCHPLAYER) I WAS FIRMLY OF THE OPINION THAT WHAT THEY DO IS "NOT MUSIC".

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT I NOW SEE THE ABSOLUTE GENIUS OF HARRY PUSSY BUT I AM DEFINITELY MUCH MORE ON BOARD HERE. THEY'RE DEFINITELY A GROUP OF PIONEERS THAT DEVELOPED AN INVENTION NO ONE WANTED: AVANT-GARDE LO-FI PERFORMANCE ROCK THAT TEETERS BETWEEN BROKEN SONGS AND INTERNAL ECSTASY THROUGH FULL-FORCE TECHNICAL REJECTION. THEY'RE ABRASIVE AND NASTY AS HELL. BUT! THIS IS A COMPILATION OF LIVE PERFORMANCES. THEY TOOK THIS OUT ON THE ROAD. THEY PUT IT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE. THAT SHIT IS WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN PUTTING CRAP TO DISC IN A BEDROOM. *ANYONE* CAN DO THAT.

THE DRUMS ARE THRASHED WITH WILD ABANDON AND THE VOCALS SHRIEKED (AT TIMES I THOUGHT SOMETHING HORRIBLE WAS HAPPENED IN THE ROOM RATHER THAN A SONG BEING PLAYED) CONSTANTLY BUT YOU CAN HEAR THESE INCREDIBLE LITTLE TECHNIQUES. ORCUTT'S GUITAR SOUNDS LIKE BED SPRINGS BEING UNCOILED AND SNAPPED BACK, ALL THE RUST FLYING OFF THROUGH THE AIR. IT'S IMPRESSIVE. AND BECAUSE NO SONG REALLY LAST VERY LONG, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SENSE OF OPPRESSION THAT CAN BUILD ON A SHIT AVANT RECORD LIKE NAUTICAL FUCKING ALMANAC.

I MIGHT BE OFF MY MIND BUT I AM GIVING THIS CERTIFIED: GOOD WITH A WARNING THAT YOU MIGHT VERY WELL HATE THIS.